#165A66#165A66

#165A66 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.067 H 212.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A66
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 102)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, -16.09, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 20.60, 218.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.057 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.067 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3843, 8.4414, 13.8607)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A66 #662216

analogous

#16664A #165A66 #163266

triadic

#165A66 #66165A #5A6616

tetradic

#165A66 #4A1666 #662216 #326616

square

#165A66 #4A1666 #662216 #326616

split-complementary

#165A66 #661632 #664A16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2E34 #165A66 #218698 #2CB3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#165A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#165A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A66

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A66	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.067 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618991',
    500: '#165a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a66;
$custom-light: #618991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43235,
    "c": 0.06733,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A66

secondary

#9D4A3B

accent

#5940E8

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A66

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

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