#165C56#165C56

#165C56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.067 H 186.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C56
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, -22.54, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 22.71, 186.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% -0.067 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.067 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8369, 8.4961, 10.1346)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C56 #5C161C

analogous

#165C33 #165C56 #163F5C

triadic

#165C56 #56165C #5C5616

tetradic

#165C56 #33165C #5C161C #3F5C16

square

#165C56 #33165C #5C161C #3F5C16

split-complementary

#165C56 #5C163F #5C3316

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2B28 #165C56 #228D84 #2EBFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#165C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C56

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C56	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.067 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a85',
    500: '#165c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c56;
$custom-light: #608a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43133,
    "c": 0.06749,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C56

secondary

#933B42

accent

#4351E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C56

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

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