#165C65#165C65

#165C65 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.067 H 207.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C65
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 101)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, -17.56, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 20.87, 212.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% -0.0597 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.067 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5060, 8.7637, 13.6581)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C65 #651F16

analogous

#166547 #165C65 #163565

triadic

#165C65 #65165C #5C6516

tetradic

#165C65 #471665 #651F16 #356516

square

#165C65 #471665 #651F16 #356516

split-complementary

#165C65 #651635 #654716

monochromatic

#051719 #0B2E33 #165C65 #218A97 #2CB8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#165C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165C65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C65

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C65	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.067 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628a90',
    500: '#165c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c65;
$custom-light: #628a90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.835,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43738,
    "c": 0.0674,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C65

secondary

#9C463B

accent

#5441E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C65

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

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