#166a6f

Color #166a6f

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#166a6f

RGB

rgb(22, 106, 111)

HSL

hsl(183.4, 66.9%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.4, 80.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(40.61, -21.73, -9.74)

LCH

lch(40.61, 23.81, 204.14)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.0752, 201.11)

HWB

hwb(183.4, 8.6%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f1b16

Analogous

#166f48

#166a6f

#163e6f

Triadic

#166a6f

#6f166a

#6a6f16

Split-complementary

#166a6f

#6f163e

#6f4816

Tetradic

#166a6f

#1b166f

#6f1b16

#6a6f16

Square

#166a6f

#48166f

#6f1b16

#3e6f16

Shades

Color #166a6f mixed toward black.

#12585d

#0f474a

#0b3538

#072325

#041213

Tints

Color #166a6f mixed toward white.

#209ca3

#2dccd5

#62d9e0

#96e5ea

#cbf2f5

Tones

Color #166a6f mixed toward gray.

#1d6368

#255d60

#2c5659

#345051

#3b494a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.33:1

White text reads better on this background (6.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494a6e · ΔE 26.2

Deuteranopia

#453e6e · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#216d6d · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #166a6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#166a6f]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#166a6f (#166a6f) is rgb(22, 106, 111) in RGB.

No, #166a6f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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