All About Color #166A55

#166A55

About #166A55

#166A55 is a dark cyan color with the hex code #166A55. In RGB it is red 22, green 106, blue 85; in HSL it is hue 165°, saturation 66%, lightness 25%; in CMYK it is 79%, 0%, 20%, 58%. Its contrast ratio is 6.51:1 on white and 3.23:1 on black.

#166A55 Color Conversion

Hex triplet16, 6A, 55
CMYK79.25%, 0.00%, 19.81%, 58.43%
RGB Decimal22, 106, 85
HSL165°, 66%, 25%
RGB Octal26, 152, 125
HSV (HSB)165.00°, 79.25%, 41.57%
RGB Binary10110, 1101010, 1010101
CIE-L*AB39.81, -29.72, 4.89
RGB Percent8.63%, 41.57%, 33.33%
CIE-L*CH39.81, 30.12, 170.66
XYZ7.12, 11.13, 10.37
CIE-L*UV39.81, -30.52, 10.31
xyY0.25, 0.39, 11.13
Hunter-Lab33.37, -20.28, 4.94
RYB8.63%, 27.45%, 41.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#166A55 on a dark background: contrast 3.23:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#166A55 on a light background: contrast 6.51:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #166A55, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#166A55 · #25B692 · #061E18 · #6A162B · #B62549

Analogous palette

#2B6A16 · #166A2B · #166A55 · #16556A · #162B6A

Triadic palette

#166A55 · #55166A · #6A5516 · #25B692 · #9225B6

Tetradic palette

#166A55 · #2B166A · #6A162B · #556A16 · #061E18

Monochromatic palette

#041511 · #092A22 · #166A55 · #23A988 · #41D8B2

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