#166E7C#166E7C

#166E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.080 H 211.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E7C
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 124)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(188, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, -19.44, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 24.47, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% -0.0685 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.08 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5433, 12.7765, 21.0280)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E7C #7C2416

analogous

#167C57 #166E7C #163B7C

triadic

#166E7C #7C166E #6E7C16

tetradic

#166E7C #57167C #7C2416 #3B7C16

square

#166E7C #57167C #7C2416 #3B7C16

split-complementary

#166E7C #7C163B #7C5716

monochromatic

#05171A #0D4048 #166E7C #1F9CB0 #32C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#166E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#166E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E7C

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E7C	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.080 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a2',
    500: '#166e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e7c;
$custom-light: #6798a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49604,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E7C

secondary

#B14D3D

accent

#543BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E7C

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

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