#166E7F#166E7F

#166E7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.081 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E7F
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 127)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, -18.39, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 24.71, 221.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% -0.0671 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.081 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7359, 12.8535, 22.0424)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E7F #7F2716

analogous

#167F5C #166E7F #163A7F

triadic

#166E7F #7F166E #6E7F16

tetradic

#166E7F #5C167F #7F2716 #3A7F16

square

#166E7F #5C167F #7F2716 #3A7F16

split-complementary

#166E7F #7F163A #7F5C16

monochromatic

#05171A #0D414B #166E7F #1F9BB3 #34C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#166E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#166E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E7F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E7F	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54607F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.081 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a4',
    500: '#166e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e7f;
$custom-light: #6897a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49737,
    "c": 0.08143,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E7F

secondary

#B4503D

accent

#573BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E7F

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

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