#166E7A#166E7A

#166E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.079 H 209.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E7A
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.35, -20.13, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.35, 24.39, 214.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0694 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.079 209)
XYZ	xyz(9.4181, 12.7264, 20.3686)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E7A #7A2216

analogous

#167A54 #166E7A #163C7A

triadic

#166E7A #7A166E #6E7A16

tetradic

#166E7A #54167A #7A2216 #3C7A16

square

#166E7A #54167A #7A2216 #3C7A16

split-complementary

#166E7A #7A163C #7A5416

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3F46 #166E7A #1F9DAE #31C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#166E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#166E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E7A

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E7A	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56607A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.079 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a0',
    500: '#166e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e7a;
$custom-light: #6798a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49516,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.12728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E7A

secondary

#AF4A3D

accent

#513CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E7A

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

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