#165B61#165B61

#165B61 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.066 H 203.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B61
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 97)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 6.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.03, -18.39, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.03, 20.71, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% -0.0604 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.066 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2287, 8.5151, 12.6222)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B61 #611C16

analogous

#166141 #165B61 #163561

triadic

#165B61 #61165B #5B6116

tetradic

#165B61 #411661 #611C16 #356116

square

#165B61 #411661 #611C16 #356116

split-complementary

#165B61 #611635 #614116

monochromatic

#061719 #0B2C2F #165B61 #218A93 #2DB9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#165B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165B61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B61

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B61	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.066 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898d',
    500: '#165b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b61;
$custom-light: #61898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4329,
    "c": 0.06598,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B61

secondary

#98423B

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B61

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

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