#165A64#165A64

#165A64 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.066 H 209.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A64
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 100)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 10%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.81, -16.79, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.81, 20.49, 214.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% -0.0579 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.066 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2863, 8.4023, 13.3446)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A64 #642016

analogous

#166447 #165A64 #163364

triadic

#165A64 #64165A #5A6416

tetradic

#165A64 #471664 #642016 #336416

square

#165A64 #471664 #642016 #336416

split-complementary

#165A64 #641633 #644716

monochromatic

#061719 #0B2D32 #165A64 #218796 #2CB4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#165A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#165A64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A64

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A64	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464E64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.066 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618990',
    500: '#165a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a64;
$custom-light: #618990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43145,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A64

secondary

#9B473B

accent

#5641E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A64

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

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