#166F5E#166F5E

#166F5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.084 H 176.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166F5E
RGB	rgb(22, 111, 94)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 15.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.76, -29.53, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.76, 29.62, 175.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% -0.0841 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.084 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0347, 12.3466, 12.5472)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166F5E #6F1627

analogous

#166F31 #166F5E #16536F

triadic

#166F5E #5E166F #6F5E16

tetradic

#166F5E #31166F #6F1627 #536F16

square

#166F5E #31166F #6F1627 #536F16

split-complementary

#166F5E #6F1653 #6F3116

monochromatic

#051A16 #0C3C33 #166F5E #20A289 #2BD5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#166F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#166F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166F5E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166F5E	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 111, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.084 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64998b',
    500: '#166f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166f5e;
$custom-light: #64998b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.539,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48734,
    "c": 0.08429,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166F5E

secondary

#A53C50

accent

#3E5FEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166F5E

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

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