#165B59#165B59

#165B59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.066 H 192.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B59
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, -21.06, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 21.63, 193.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% -0.0644 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.066 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8743, 8.3733, 10.7559)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B59 #5B1618

analogous

#165B37 #165B59 #163B5B

triadic

#165B59 #59165B #5B5916

tetradic

#165B59 #37165B #5B1618 #3B5B16

square

#165B59 #37165B #5B1618 #3B5B16

split-complementary

#165B59 #5B163B #5B3716

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2A29 #165B59 #228C89 #2EBEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#165B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#165B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B59

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B59	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.066 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a87',
    500: '#165b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b59;
$custom-light: #608a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42965,
    "c": 0.06583,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B59

secondary

#923B3D

accent

#4448E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B59

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

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