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#166B4E

#166b4e ≈ Tropical Rain Forest

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#166b4e is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 41.96% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.44% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.1% yellow and 58.04% black. Its hue angle is 159.53°, with 65.89% saturation and 25.29% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tropical Rain Forest (#00755e), ΔE 4.48.

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Web safe#006666
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Relative luminance0.1124

Complementary

  1. #166b4e
  2. #6b1633

Split complementary

  1. #166b4e
  2. #6b165d
  3. #6b2316

Analogous

  1. #166b23
  2. #166b4e
  3. #165d6b

Triadic

  1. #166b4e
  2. #4e166b
  3. #6b4e16

Tetradic

  1. #166b4e
  2. #16336b
  3. #6b1633
  4. #6b4e16

Square

  1. #166b4e
  2. #23166b
  3. #6b1633
  4. #5d6b16

Monochromatic

  1. #03110c
  2. #092c20
  3. #166b4e
  4. #23aa7c
  5. #42d8a5

Shades

#166b4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #166b4e
  2. #146046
  3. #12563e
  4. #0f4b37
  5. #0d402f
  6. #0b3627
  7. #092b1f
  8. #072017
  9. #041510
  10. #020b08
  11. #000000

Tints

#166b4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #166b4e
  2. #2d7a60
  3. #458971
  4. #5c9783
  5. #73a695
  6. #8bb5a7
  7. #a2c4b8
  8. #b9d3ca
  9. #d0e1dc
  10. #e8f0ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#166b4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #166b4e
  2. #216d53
  3. #2b6f58
  4. #36715d
  5. #407362
  6. #4b7667
  7. #56786c
  8. #607a71
  9. #6b7c76
  10. #757e7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5e5e5e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4b6458 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #69634c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e5b50 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006b63 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #53664d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b624f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #006b5b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-166b4e {
  color: #166b4e;
}
Background
.bg-166b4e {
  background-color: #166b4e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-166b4e {
  border: 2px solid #166b4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #166b4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 107 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 66% 25%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-166b4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #166b4e, #165d6b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-166b4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 107 78 / 0.35);
}

#00755e Tropical Rain Forest ΔE 4.48 #006b3c Cadmium Green ΔE 5.23 #355e3b Hunter Green ΔE 7.30 #01796f Pine Green ΔE 9.27 #40826d Viridian ΔE 9.78 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 11.14 #4f7942 Fern Green ΔE 11.72 #e994b1 Inverted #5e5e5e Grayscale 

Tropical Rain Forest
#166b4e  rgb(22, 107, 78)  hsl(160, 66%, 25%)  Tropical Rain Forest
#6b1633  rgb(107, 22, 51)  hsl(340, 66%, 25%)  Claret
#4e166b  rgb(78, 22, 107)  hsl(280, 66%, 25%)  Indigo
#6b4e16  rgb(107, 78, 22)  hsl(40, 66%, 25%)  Field Drab