All About Color #166A5C

#166A5C

About #166A5C

#166A5C is a dark cyan color with the hex code #166A5C. In RGB it is red 22, green 106, blue 92; in HSL it is hue 170°, saturation 66%, lightness 25%; in CMYK it is 79%, 0%, 13%, 58%. Its contrast ratio is 6.46:1 on white and 3.25:1 on black.

#166A5C Color Conversion

Hex triplet16, 6A, 5C
CMYK79.25%, 0.00%, 13.21%, 58.43%
RGB Decimal22, 106, 92
HSL170°, 66%, 25%
RGB Octal26, 152, 134
HSV (HSB)170.00°, 79.25%, 41.57%
RGB Binary10110, 1101010, 1011100
CIE-L*AB40.00, -27.72, 0.91
RGB Percent8.63%, 41.57%, 36.08%
CIE-L*CH40.00, 27.74, 178.11
XYZ7.42, 11.25, 11.91
CIE-L*UV40.00, -30.07, 4.96
xyY0.24, 0.37, 11.25
Hunter-Lab33.54, -19.23, 2.44
RYB8.63%, 26.60%, 41.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#166A5C on a dark background: contrast 3.25:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#166A5C on a light background: contrast 6.46:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #166A5C, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #166A5C. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#166A5C · #25B69E · #061E1A · #6A1624 · #B6253D

Analogous palette

#246A16 · #166A32 · #166A5C · #164E6A · #16246A

Triadic palette

#166A5C · #5C166A · #6A5C16 · #25B69E · #9E25B6

Tetradic palette

#166A5C · #32166A · #6A1624 · #4E6A16 · #061E1A

Monochromatic palette

#041512 · #092A25 · #166A5C · #23A993 · #41D8BF

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