#165C59#165C59

#165C59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.067 H 190.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C59
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, -21.59, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 22.04, 191.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% -0.0655 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.067 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9604, 8.5454, 10.7846)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C59 #5C1619

analogous

#165C36 #165C59 #163C5C

triadic

#165C59 #59165C #5C5916

tetradic

#165C59 #36165C #5C1619 #3C5C16

square

#165C59 #36165C #5C1619 #3C5C16

split-complementary

#165C59 #5C163C #5C3616

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2B29 #165C59 #228D89 #2EBFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#165C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C59

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C59	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.067 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a87',
    500: '#165c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c59;
$custom-light: #608a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43246,
    "c": 0.06668,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C59

secondary

#933B3E

accent

#434AE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C59

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

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