#165756#165756

#165756 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.063 H 193.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165756
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 86)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, -19.90, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 20.59, 194.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% -0.0613 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.063 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4180, 7.6582, 9.9949)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165756 #571617

analogous

#165736 #165756 #163857

triadic

#165756 #561657 #575616

tetradic

#165756 #361657 #571617 #385716

square

#165756 #361657 #571617 #385716

split-complementary

#165756 #571638 #573616

monochromatic

#061818 #0A2626 #165756 #228886 #2FB9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#165756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#165756 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165756

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165756	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.063 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8685',
    500: '#165756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165756;
$custom-light: #5f8685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41723,
    "c": 0.06303,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165756

secondary

#8E3A3C

accent

#4547E3

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165756

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

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