#165C68#165C68

#165C68 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.069 H 211.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C68
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 104)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.64, -16.51, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.64, 20.99, 218.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% -0.0583 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.069 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6556, 8.8235, 14.4464)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C68 #682216

analogous

#16684B #165C68 #163368

triadic

#165C68 #68165C #5C6816

tetradic

#165C68 #4B1668 #682216 #336816

square

#165C68 #4B1668 #682216 #336816

split-complementary

#165C68 #681633 #684B16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2F35 #165C68 #21899B #2BB5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#165C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165C68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C68

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C68	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.069 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628a93',
    500: '#165c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c68;
$custom-light: #628a93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43871,
    "c": 0.06856,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C68

secondary

#9F4A3B

accent

#5840E8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C68

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

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