#165A61#165A61

#165A61 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.066 H 205.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A61
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 97)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, -17.83, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 20.47, 209.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% -0.0593 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.066 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1438, 8.3452, 12.5939)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A61 #611D16

analogous

#166142 #165A61 #163461

triadic

#165A61 #61165A #5A6116

tetradic

#165A61 #421661 #611D16 #346116

square

#165A61 #421661 #611D16 #346116

split-complementary

#165A61 #611634 #614216

monochromatic

#061719 #0B2C2F #165A61 #218893 #2DB7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#165A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#165A61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A61

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A61	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.066 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898d',
    500: '#165a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a61;
$custom-light: #61898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.6,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43014,
    "c": 0.06555,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A61

secondary

#98443B

accent

#5142E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A61

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

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