#166F6E#166F6E

#166F6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.078 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166F6E
RGB	rgb(22, 111, 110)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, -24.65, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 25.54, 195.17°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% -0.0761 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.078 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8285, 12.6641, 16.7280)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166F6E #6F1617

analogous

#166F41 #166F6E #16436F

triadic

#166F6E #6E166F #6F6E16

tetradic

#166F6E #41166F #6F1617 #436F16

square

#166F6E #41166F #6F1617 #436F16

split-complementary

#166F6E #6F1643 #6F4116

monochromatic

#051A19 #0C3C3B #166F6E #20A2A1 #2BD5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#166F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#166F6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166F6E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166F6E	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B606F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 111, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.078 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669997',
    500: '#166f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166f6e;
$custom-light: #669997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.326,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49297,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166F6E

secondary

#A53C3D

accent

#3E40EA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166F6E

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

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