#165850#165850

#165850 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.066 H 183.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165850
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 80)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 9.1%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, -22.34, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 22.38, 183.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% -0.0655 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.066 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2679, 7.7286, 8.8020)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165850 #58161E

analogous

#16582F #165850 #163F58

triadic

#165850 #501658 #585016

tetradic

#165850 #2F1658 #58161E #3F5816

square

#165850 #2F1658 #58161E #3F5816

split-complementary

#165850 #58163F #582F16

monochromatic

#061816 #0A2723 #165850 #22897D #2EBAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#165850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#165850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165850

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165850	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.066 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8781',
    500: '#165850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165850;
$custom-light: #5f8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4178,
    "c": 0.06565,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165850

secondary

#8F3B45

accent

#4558E3

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAEFEE

border

#C6CAC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165850

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

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