#165B58#165B58

#165B58 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.066 H 190.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B58
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 88)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, -21.38, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 21.83, 191.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% -0.0649 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.066 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8326, 8.3566, 10.5362)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B58 #5B1619

analogous

#165B35 #165B58 #163C5B

triadic

#165B58 #58165B #5B5816

tetradic

#165B58 #35165B #5B1619 #3C5B16

square

#165B58 #35165B #5B1619 #3C5B16

split-complementary

#165B58 #5B163C #5B3516

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2A28 #165B58 #228C88 #2EBEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#165B58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#165B58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B58

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B58	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.066 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a87',
    500: '#165b58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b58;
$custom-light: #608a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42926,
    "c": 0.06602,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B58

secondary

#923B3E

accent

#444BE4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B58

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

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