#166E79#166E79

#166E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.079 H 207.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E79
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, -20.47, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 24.38, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.47% -0.0698 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(49.47% 0.079 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3565, 12.7017, 20.0440)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E79 #792116

analogous

#167952 #166E79 #163C79

triadic

#166E79 #79166E #6E7916

tetradic

#166E79 #521679 #792116 #3C7916

square

#166E79 #521679 #792116 #3C7916

split-complementary

#166E79 #79163C #795216

monochromatic

#05181A #0D3F45 #166E79 #1F9DAD #30C7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#166E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#166E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E79

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E79	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64697A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.079 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67989f',
    500: '#166e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e79;
$custom-light: #67989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49474,
    "c": 0.07895,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E79

secondary

#AE493D

accent

#4F3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E79

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

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