#165B56#165B56

#165B56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.067 H 187.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B56
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.65, -22.02, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.65, 22.26, 188.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% -0.0659 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.067 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7509, 8.3240, 10.1059)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B56 #5B161B

analogous

#165B34 #165B56 #163E5B

triadic

#165B56 #56165B #5B5616

tetradic

#165B56 #34165B #5B161B #3E5B16

square

#165B56 #34165B #5B161B #3E5B16

split-complementary

#165B56 #5B163E #5B3416

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2A27 #165B56 #228C85 #2EBEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#165B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#165B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B56

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B56	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.067 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a85',
    500: '#165b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b56;
$custom-light: #608a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.652,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42851,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B56

secondary

#923B41

accent

#444FE4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B56

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

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