#165B66#165B66

#165B66 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.068 H 210.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B66
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 102)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.22, -16.65, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.22, 20.74, 216.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% -0.0581 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.068 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4692, 8.6113, 13.8890)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B66 #662116

analogous

#166649 #165B66 #163366

triadic

#165B66 #66165B #5B6616

tetradic

#165B66 #491666 #662116 #336616

square

#165B66 #491666 #662116 #336616

split-complementary

#165B66 #661633 #664916

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2E34 #165B66 #218898 #2CB5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#165B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165B66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B66

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B66	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.068 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628991',
    500: '#165b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b66;
$custom-light: #628991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.25,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43509,
    "c": 0.06752,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B66

secondary

#9D493B

accent

#5740E8

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B66

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

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