#165D59#165D59

#165D59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.068 H 189.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D59
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 89)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, -22.11, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 22.46, 190.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% -0.0666 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.068 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0476, 8.7198, 10.8136)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D59 #5D161A

analogous

#165D36 #165D59 #163D5D

triadic

#165D59 #59165D #5D5916

tetradic

#165D59 #36165D #5D161A #3D5D16

square

#165D59 #36165D #5D161A #3D5D16

split-complementary

#165D59 #5D163D #5D3616

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2C2A #165D59 #228E88 #2DC0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#165D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#165D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D59

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D59	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D505A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.068 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608b87',
    500: '#165d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d59;
$custom-light: #608b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43526,
    "c": 0.06755,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D59

secondary

#943B40

accent

#434CE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D59

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

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