#166F7F#166F7F

#166F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.082 H 213.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166F7F
RGB	rgb(22, 111, 127)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -18.93, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 24.79, 220.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50% -0.0682 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.082 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8444, 13.0705, 22.0786)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166F7F #7F2616

analogous

#167F5B #166F7F #163B7F

triadic

#166F7F #7F166F #6F7F16

tetradic

#166F7F #5B167F #7F2616 #3B7F16

square

#166F7F #5B167F #7F2616 #3B7F16

split-complementary

#166F7F #7F163B #7F5B16

monochromatic

#05171A #0D414B #166F7F #1F9DB3 #34C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#166F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#166F7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166F7F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166F7F	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55617F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 111, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.082 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a4',
    500: '#166f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166f7f;
$custom-light: #6898a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50001,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166F7F

secondary

#B44F3D

accent

#563BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166F7F

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

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