#166E7E#166E7E

#166E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.081 H 213.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E7E
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -18.74, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 24.61, 220.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.0676 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.081 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6711, 12.8276, 21.7009)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E7E #7E2616

analogous

#167E5A #166E7E #163A7E

triadic

#166E7E #7E166E #6E7E16

tetradic

#166E7E #5A167E #7E2616 #3A7E16

square

#166E7E #5A167E #7E2616 #3A7E16

split-complementary

#166E7E #7E163A #7E5A16

monochromatic

#05171A #0D414A #166E7E #1F9BB2 #33C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#166E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#166E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E7E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E7E	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54607E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.081 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a3',
    500: '#166e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e7e;
$custom-light: #6797a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49692,
    "c": 0.08093,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E7E

secondary

#B34F3D

accent

#563BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E7E

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

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