#166e6d

Color #166e6d

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#166e6d

RGB

rgb(22, 110, 109)

HSL

hsl(179.3, 66.7%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179.3, 80%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(41.88, -24.46, -6.63)

LCH

lch(41.88, 25.34, 195.17)

OKLCH

oklch(49%, 0.0777, 193.77)

HWB

hwb(179.3, 8.6%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e1617

Analogous

#166e41

#166e6d

#16436e

Triadic

#166e6d

#6d166e

#6e6d16

Split-complementary

#166e6d

#6e1643

#6e4116

Tetradic

#166e6d

#16176e

#6e1617

#6e6d16

Square

#166e6d

#41166e

#6e1617

#436e16

Shades

Color #166e6d mixed toward black.

#125c5b

#0f4949

#0b3737

#072524

#041212

Tints

Color #166e6d mixed toward white.

#20a3a1

#2dd5d3

#62e0de

#96eae9

#cbf5f4

Tones

Color #166e6d mixed toward gray.

#1d6766

#255f5f

#2c5858

#335150

#3b4949

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.49:1

White text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4d6d · ΔE 27.2

Deuteranopia

#47416d · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#216d6d · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #166e6d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#166e6d]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#166e6d (#166e6d) is rgb(22, 110, 109) in RGB.

No, #166e6d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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