#166E88#166E88

#166E88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.087 H 223.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E88
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 136)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, -15.17, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 26.18, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% -0.0633 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.087 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3489, 13.0987, 25.2706)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E88 #883016

analogous

#168869 #166E88 #163588

triadic

#166E88 #88166E #6E8816

tetradic

#166E88 #691688 #883016 #358816

square

#166E88 #691688 #883016 #358816

split-complementary

#166E88 #881635 #886916

monochromatic

#05191F #0D4353 #166E88 #1F99BD #39B9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#166E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#166E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E88

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E88	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.087 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997aa',
    500: '#166e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e88;
$custom-light: #6997aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50157,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E88

secondary

#BC5B3E

accent

#6239EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E88

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

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