#165B60#165B60

#165B60 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.066 H 202.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B60
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 96)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, -18.73, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 20.76, 205.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% -0.0609 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.066 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1823, 8.4965, 12.3782)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B60 #601B16

analogous

#166040 #165B60 #163660

triadic

#165B60 #60165B #5B6016

tetradic

#165B60 #401660 #601B16 #366016

square

#165B60 #401660 #601B16 #366016

split-complementary

#165B60 #601636 #604016

monochromatic

#061819 #0B2C2E #165B60 #218A92 #2DB9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#165B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B60

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B60	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.066 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898d',
    500: '#165b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b60;
$custom-light: #61898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43248,
    "c": 0.06581,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B60

secondary

#97413B

accent

#4D42E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B60

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

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