#165855#165855

#165855 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.064 H 190.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165855
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 3.4%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, -20.76, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 21.18, 191.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% -0.063 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.064 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4595, 7.8053, 9.8114)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165855 #581619

analogous

#165834 #165855 #163A58

triadic

#165855 #551658 #585516

tetradic

#165855 #341658 #581619 #3A5816

square

#165855 #341658 #581619 #3A5816

split-complementary

#165855 #58163A #583416

monochromatic

#061818 #0A2726 #165855 #228984 #2EBAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#165855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#165855 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165855

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165855	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.064 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8784',
    500: '#165855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165855;
$custom-light: #5f8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41966,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165855

secondary

#8F3B3E

accent

#454CE3

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165855

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

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