#166F7E#166F7E

#166F7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.081 H 212.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166F7E
RGB	rgb(22, 111, 126)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -19.28, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 24.71, 218.72°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% -0.0686 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.081 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7796, 13.0446, 21.7370)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166F7E #7E2516

analogous

#167E59 #166F7E #163B7E

triadic

#166F7E #7E166F #6F7E16

tetradic

#166F7E #59167E #7E2516 #3B7E16

square

#166F7E #59167E #7E2516 #3B7E16

split-complementary

#166F7E #7E163B #7E5916

monochromatic

#05171A #0D414A #166F7E #1F9DB2 #33C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#166F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#166F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166F7E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166F7E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 111, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.081 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a3',
    500: '#166f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166f7e;
$custom-light: #6898a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.654,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49957,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166F7E

secondary

#B34E3D

accent

#543BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166F7E

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

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