#165B63#165B63

#165B63 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.066 H 206.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B63
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 99)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, -17.70, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 20.66, 211.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% -0.0595 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.066 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3231, 8.5528, 13.1196)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B63 #631E16

analogous

#166344 #165B63 #163463

triadic

#165B63 #63165B #5B6316

tetradic

#165B63 #441663 #631E16 #346316

square

#165B63 #441663 #631E16 #346316

split-complementary

#165B63 #631634 #634416

monochromatic

#061719 #0B2D31 #165B63 #218995 #2CB7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#165B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B63

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B63	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.066 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898f',
    500: '#165b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b63;
$custom-light: #61898f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.234,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43376,
    "c": 0.06646,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B63

secondary

#9A453B

accent

#5241E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B63

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

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