#166642

A dark, moderate green closely aligning with Seagreen.

About #166642

When working with digital screens, the color #166642 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Seagreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 22, 102, and 66.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 78% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 153.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#166642
RGB22, 102, 66
HSL153.0°, 64.5%, 24.3%
CMYK78%, 0%, 35%, 60%
HSV153.0°, 78.4%, 40.0%
LAB38.0, -32.8, 13.8
XYZ6.1, 10.1, 6.8
Decimal1467970

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.97:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.01:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.66:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.56:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #166642; }
.text-color { color: #166642; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #166642; }

Similar Colors

Seagreen
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