#165C60#165C60

#165C60 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.066 H 200.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C60
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 96)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.34, -19.27, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.34, 21.04, 203.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% -0.062 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.066 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2684, 8.6686, 12.4069)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C60 #601A16

analogous

#16603F #165C60 #163760

triadic

#165C60 #60165C #5C6016

tetradic

#165C60 #3F1660 #601A16 #376016

square

#165C60 #3F1660 #601A16 #376016

split-complementary

#165C60 #601637 #603F16

monochromatic

#061819 #0B2C2E #165C60 #218C92 #2DBBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#165C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C60

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C60	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.066 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618a8d',
    500: '#165c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c60;
$custom-light: #618a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43525,
    "c": 0.06632,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C60

secondary

#97403B

accent

#4B42E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C60

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

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