#166e60

Color #166e60

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 11.36 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#166e60

RGB

rgb(22, 110, 96)

HSL

hsl(170.5, 66.7%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.5, 80%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 0%, 12.7%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(41.48, -28.47, 0.64)

LCH

lch(41.48, 28.48, 178.71)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.082, 179.09)

HWB

hwb(170.5, 8.6%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e1624

Analogous

#166e34

#166e60

#16506e

Triadic

#166e60

#60166e

#6e6016

Split-complementary

#166e60

#6e1650

#6e3416

Tetradic

#166e60

#16246e

#6e1624

#6e6016

Square

#166e60

#34166e

#6e1624

#506e16

Shades

Color #166e60 mixed toward black.

#125c50

#0f4940

#0b3730

#072520

#041210

Tints

Color #166e60 mixed toward white.

#20a38e

#2dd5ba

#62e0cc

#96eadd

#cbf5ee

Tones

Color #166e60 mixed toward gray.

#1d675b

#255f56

#2c5851

#33514c

#3b4947

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.43:1

White text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4d64 · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#474164 · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#216667 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 21.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #166e60;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#166e60]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#166e60 (#166e60) is rgb(22, 110, 96) in RGB.

No, #166e60 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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