#165C66#165C66

#165C66 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.068 H 209.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C66
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 102)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.56, -17.21, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.56, 20.89, 214.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% -0.0592 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.068 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5553, 8.7834, 13.9177)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C66 #662016

analogous

#166648 #165C66 #163466

triadic

#165C66 #66165C #5C6616

tetradic

#165C66 #481666 #662016 #346616

square

#165C66 #481666 #662016 #346616

split-complementary

#165C66 #661634 #664816

monochromatic

#051719 #0B2F34 #165C66 #218998 #2CB7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#165C66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165C66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C66

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C66	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535867

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.068 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628a91',
    500: '#165c66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c66;
$custom-light: #628a91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43782,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C66

secondary

#9D473B

accent

#5540E8

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C66

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

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