#166F6F#166F6F

#166F6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.078 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166F6F
RGB	rgb(22, 111, 111)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(180, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, -24.33, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 25.38, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% -0.0756 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.078 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8832, 12.6861, 17.0163)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166F6F #6F1616

analogous

#166F42 #166F6F #16426F

triadic

#166F6F #6F166F #6F6F16

tetradic

#166F6F #42166F #6F1616 #426F16

square

#166F6F #42166F #6F1616 #426F16

split-complementary

#166F6F #6F1642 #6F4216

monochromatic

#051A1A #0C3C3C #166F6F #20A2A2 #2BD5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#166F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#166F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166F6F

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166F6F	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 111, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.078 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669998',
    500: '#166f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166f6f;
$custom-light: #669998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49336,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166F6F

secondary

#A53C3C

accent

#3E3EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166F6F

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

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