#165A58#165A58

#165A58 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.065 H 192.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A58
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 88)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.37, -20.85, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.37, 21.42, 193.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% -0.0637 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.065 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7477, 8.1868, 10.5079)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A58 #5A1618

analogous

#165A36 #165A58 #163A5A

triadic

#165A58 #58165A #5A5816

tetradic

#165A58 #36165A #5A1618 #3A5A16

square

#165A58 #36165A #5A1618 #3A5A16

split-complementary

#165A58 #5A163A #5A3616

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2928 #165A58 #228B88 #2EBCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#165A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#165A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A58

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A58	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.065 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608987',
    500: '#165a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a58;
$custom-light: #608987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42645,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A58

secondary

#913B3D

accent

#4449E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A58

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

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