#166E86#166E86

#166E86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.086 H 221.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E86
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 134)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(193, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -15.90, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 25.76, 231.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% -0.0642 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.086 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2081, 13.0424, 24.5290)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E86 #862E16

analogous

#168666 #166E86 #163686

triadic

#166E86 #86166E #6E8616

tetradic

#166E86 #661686 #862E16 #368616

square

#166E86 #661686 #862E16 #368616

split-complementary

#166E86 #861636 #866616

monochromatic

#05181D #0D4351 #166E86 #1F99BB #38BBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#166E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#166E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E86

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E86	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.086 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a9',
    500: '#166e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e86;
$custom-light: #6997a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50061,
    "c": 0.0857,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E86

secondary

#BA583E

accent

#6039EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E86

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

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