#165A60#165A60

#165A60 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.065 H 203.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A60
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 96)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.65, -18.18, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.65, 20.50, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% -0.0598 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.065 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0974, 8.3267, 12.3499)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A60 #601C16

analogous

#166041 #165A60 #163560

triadic

#165A60 #60165A #5A6016

tetradic

#165A60 #411660 #601C16 #356016

square

#165A60 #411660 #601C16 #356016

split-complementary

#165A60 #601635 #604116

monochromatic

#061719 #0B2B2E #165A60 #218992 #2DB7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#165A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#165A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A60

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A60	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484E60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.065 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898d',
    500: '#165a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a60;
$custom-light: #61898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42971,
    "c": 0.06533,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A60

secondary

#97423B

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A60

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

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