#165A57#165A57

#165A57 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.065 H 190.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A57
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 87)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, -21.18, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 21.61, 191.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% -0.0642 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.065 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7065, 8.1704, 10.2913)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A57 #5A1619

analogous

#165A35 #165A57 #163B5A

triadic

#165A57 #57165A #5A5716

tetradic

#165A57 #35165A #5A1619 #3B5A16

square

#165A57 #35165A #5A1619 #3B5A16

split-complementary

#165A57 #5A163B #5A3516

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2927 #165A57 #228B87 #2EBCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#165A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#165A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A57

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A57	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.065 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608986',
    500: '#165a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a57;
$custom-light: #608986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42607,
    "c": 0.06536,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A57

secondary

#913B3E

accent

#444BE4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A57

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

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