#165D57#165D57

#165D57 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.068 H 186.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D57
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 87)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 6.5%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.37, -22.74, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.37, 22.91, 186.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% -0.0677 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.068 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9647, 8.6867, 10.3773)
Luminance	0.0869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D57 #5D161C

analogous

#165D34 #165D57 #163F5D

triadic

#165D57 #57165D #5D5716

tetradic

#165D57 #34165D #5D161C #3F5D16

square

#165D57 #34165D #5D161C #3F5D16

split-complementary

#165D57 #5D163F #5D3416

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2C29 #165D57 #228E85 #2DC0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#165D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#165D57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D57

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D57	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.068 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608b86',
    500: '#165d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d57;
$custom-light: #608b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.93,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43452,
    "c": 0.06814,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D57

secondary

#943B42

accent

#4351E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D57

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

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