#166E78#166E78

#166E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.079 H 206.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E78
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 120)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, -20.81, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 24.38, 211.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.43% -0.0703 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(49.43% 0.079 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2955, 12.6773, 19.7227)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E78 #782016

analogous

#167851 #166E78 #163D78

triadic

#166E78 #78166E #6E7816

tetradic

#166E78 #511678 #782016 #3D7816

square

#166E78 #511678 #782016 #3D7816

split-complementary

#166E78 #78163D #785116

monochromatic

#05181A #0D3F44 #166E78 #1F9DAC #2FC8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#166E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#166E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E78

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E78	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.079 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67989f',
    500: '#166e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e78;
$custom-light: #67989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49431,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E78

secondary

#AD483C

accent

#4E3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E78

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

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