#165B68#165B68

#165B68 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.068 H 213.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B68
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 104)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, -15.94, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 20.88, 220.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% -0.0572 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.068 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5696, 8.6514, 14.4177)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B68 #682316

analogous

#16684C #165B68 #163268

triadic

#165B68 #68165B #5B6816

tetradic

#165B68 #4C1668 #682316 #326816

square

#165B68 #4C1668 #682316 #326816

split-complementary

#165B68 #681632 #684C16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2F35 #165B68 #21879B #2BB3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#165B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B68

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B68	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.068 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628993',
    500: '#165b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b68;
$custom-light: #628993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.512,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43599,
    "c": 0.06842,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B68

secondary

#9F4B3B

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B68

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

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