#165657#165657

#165657 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.062 H 196.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165657
RGB	rgb(22, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, -19.03, -6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 20.07, 198.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.0596 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.062 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3782, 7.5136, 10.1818)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165657 #571716

analogous

#165738 #165657 #163657

triadic

#165657 #571656 #565716

tetradic

#165657 #381657 #571716 #365716

square

#165657 #381657 #571716 #365716

split-complementary

#165657 #571636 #573816

monochromatic

#061818 #0A2626 #165657 #228688 #2FB7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#165657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#165657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165657

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165657	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.062 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8686',
    500: '#165657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165657;
$custom-light: #5f8686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41482,
    "c": 0.06221,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165657

secondary

#8E3C3A

accent

#4745E3

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165657

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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