#165B65#165B65

#165B65 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.067 H 209.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B65
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 101)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.19, -17.00, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.19, 20.69, 214.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% -0.0585 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.067 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4199, 8.5916, 13.6294)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B65 #652016

analogous

#166548 #165B65 #163465

triadic

#165B65 #65165B #5B6516

tetradic

#165B65 #481665 #652016 #346516

square

#165B65 #481665 #652016 #346516

split-complementary

#165B65 #651634 #654816

monochromatic

#051719 #0B2E33 #165B65 #218897 #2CB6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#165B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B65

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B65	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.067 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618990',
    500: '#165b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b65;
$custom-light: #618990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.595,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43464,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B65

secondary

#9C473B

accent

#5641E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B65

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

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