#165D60#165D60

#165D60 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.067 H 199.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D60
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 96)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, -19.82, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 21.34, 201.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% -0.0632 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.067 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3556, 8.8430, 12.4360)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D60 #601916

analogous

#16603E #165D60 #163860

triadic

#165D60 #60165D #5D6016

tetradic

#165D60 #3E1660 #601916 #386016

square

#165D60 #3E1660 #601916 #386016

split-complementary

#165D60 #601638 #603E16

monochromatic

#061819 #0B2D2E #165D60 #218D92 #2DBDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#165D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D60

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D60	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)

#565860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.067 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618b8d',
    500: '#165d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d60;
$custom-light: #618b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43802,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D60

secondary

#973F3B

accent

#4942E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D60

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

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