#165A65#165A65

#165A65 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.067 H 210.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A65
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 101)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.85, -16.44, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.85, 20.54, 216.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% -0.0574 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.067 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3350, 8.4217, 13.6011)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A65 #652116

analogous

#166549 #165A65 #163365

triadic

#165A65 #65165A #5A6516

tetradic

#165A65 #491665 #652116 #336516

square

#165A65 #491665 #652116 #336516

split-complementary

#165A65 #651633 #654916

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2D33 #165A65 #218797 #2CB4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#165A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#165A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A65

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A65	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464E65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.067 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618990',
    500: '#165a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a65;
$custom-light: #618990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.354,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4319,
    "c": 0.06689,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A65

secondary

#9C493B

accent

#5841E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A65

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

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