#166E85#166E85

#166E85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.085 H 220.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E85
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, -16.26, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 25.57, 230.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% -0.0646 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.085 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1387, 13.0146, 24.1635)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E85 #852D16

analogous

#168564 #166E85 #163785

triadic

#166E85 #85166E #6E8516

tetradic

#166E85 #641685 #852D16 #378516

square

#166E85 #641685 #852D16 #378516

split-complementary

#166E85 #851637 #856416

monochromatic

#05171C #0D4350 #166E85 #1F99BA #37BBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#166E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#166E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E85

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E85	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.085 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a8',
    500: '#166e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e85;
$custom-light: #6997a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.432,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50014,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E85

secondary

#B9573E

accent

#5F39EE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E85

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

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