#166F72#166F72

#166F72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.078 H 198.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166F72
RGB	rgb(22, 111, 114)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, -23.35, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 24.99, 200.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% -0.0741 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.078 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0512, 12.7532, 17.9009)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166F72 #721916

analogous

#167247 #166F72 #164172

triadic

#166F72 #72166F #6F7216

tetradic

#166F72 #471672 #721916 #417216

square

#166F72 #471672 #721916 #417216

split-complementary

#166F72 #721641 #724716

monochromatic

#05191A #0C3D3F #166F72 #20A1A5 #2CD1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#166F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#166F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166F72

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166F72	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 111, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.078 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989a',
    500: '#166f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166f72;
$custom-light: #66989a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.957,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49453,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166F72

secondary

#A83F3C

accent

#433DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166F72

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

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