#165A63#165A63

#165A63 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.066 H 208.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A63
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 99)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, -17.14, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 20.47, 213.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% -0.0584 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.066 208)
XYZ	xyz(6.2382, 8.3830, 13.0913)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A63 #631F16

analogous

#166345 #165A63 #163363

triadic

#165A63 #63165A #5A6316

tetradic

#165A63 #451663 #631F16 #336316

square

#165A63 #451663 #631F16 #336316

split-complementary

#165A63 #631633 #634516

monochromatic

#061719 #0B2C31 #165A63 #218895 #2CB5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#165A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#165A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A63

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A63	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.066 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898f',
    500: '#165a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a63;
$custom-light: #61898f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.013,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43101,
    "c": 0.06613,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.08384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A63

secondary

#9A463B

accent

#5441E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A63

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

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