#165C69#165C69

#165C69 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.069 H 213.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C69
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 105)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 12.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, -16.15, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 21.07, 219.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% -0.0578 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.069 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7067, 8.8440, 14.7155)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C69 #692316

analogous

#16694D #165C69 #163269

triadic

#165C69 #69165C #5C6916

tetradic

#165C69 #4D1669 #692316 #326916

square

#165C69 #4D1669 #692316 #326916

split-complementary

#165C69 #691632 #694D16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B3036 #165C69 #21889C #2BB5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#165C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C69

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C69	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52596A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.069 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628a93',
    500: '#165c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c69;
$custom-light: #628a93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.398,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43917,
    "c": 0.06903,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C69

secondary

#9F4B3B

accent

#5A3FE8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C69

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

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