#165C57#165C57

#165C57 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.067 H 187.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C57
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 87)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.03, -22.23, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.03, 22.47, 188.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% -0.0665 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.067 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8775, 8.5123, 10.3482)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C57 #5C161B

analogous

#165C34 #165C57 #163E5C

triadic

#165C57 #57165C #5C5716

tetradic

#165C57 #34165C #5C161B #3E5C16

square

#165C57 #34165C #5C161B #3E5C16

split-complementary

#165C57 #5C163E #5C3416

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2B28 #165C57 #228D86 #2EBFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#165C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165C57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C57

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C57	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.067 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a86',
    500: '#165c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c57;
$custom-light: #608a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4317,
    "c": 0.06717,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C57

secondary

#933B41

accent

#434FE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C57

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

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