#165A62#165A62

#165A62 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.066 H 206.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A62
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 98)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.73, -17.49, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.73, 20.46, 211.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% -0.0588 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.066 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1907, 8.3640, 12.8410)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A62 #621E16

analogous

#166244 #165A62 #163462

triadic

#165A62 #62165A #5A6216

tetradic

#165A62 #441662 #621E16 #346216

square

#165A62 #441662 #621E16 #346216

split-complementary

#165A62 #621634 #624416

monochromatic

#061719 #0B2C30 #165A62 #218894 #2CB6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#165A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#165A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A62

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A62	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474E62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.066 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898e',
    500: '#165a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a62;
$custom-light: #61898e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43057,
    "c": 0.06582,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A62

secondary

#99453B

accent

#5341E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A62

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

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