#166E74#166E74

#166E74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.078 H 202.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E74
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 116)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(184, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 5.2%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, -22.16, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 24.52, 205.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% -0.0721 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.078 202)
XYZ	xyz(9.0578, 12.5823, 18.4708)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E74 #741C16

analogous

#16744B #166E74 #163F74

triadic

#166E74 #74166E #6E7416

tetradic

#166E74 #4B1674 #741C16 #3F7416

square

#166E74 #4B1674 #741C16 #3F7416

split-complementary

#166E74 #74163F #744B16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3D41 #166E74 #209FA7 #2DCCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#166E74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#166E74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E74

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E74	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.078 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989c',
    500: '#166e74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e74;
$custom-light: #66989c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.83,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49264,
    "c": 0.07781,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.12583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E74

secondary

#AA433C

accent

#483DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E74

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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