#165C55#165C55

#165C55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.068 H 185.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C55
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 7.6%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, -22.86, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 22.96, 185.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% -0.0676 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.068 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7969, 8.4801, 9.9239)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C55 #5C161D

analogous

#165C32 #165C55 #16405C

triadic

#165C55 #55165C #5C5516

tetradic

#165C55 #32165C #5C161D #405C16

square

#165C55 #32165C #5C161D #405C16

split-complementary

#165C55 #5C1640 #5C3216

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2B27 #165C55 #228D83 #2EBFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#165C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C55

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C55	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.068 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a84',
    500: '#165c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c55;
$custom-light: #608a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43096,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C55

secondary

#933B44

accent

#4353E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C55

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

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