#165D65#165D65

#165D65 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.068 H 206.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D65
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 101)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -18.11, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 21.07, 210.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% -0.0608 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.068 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5932, 8.9381, 13.6871)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D65 #651E16

analogous

#166546 #165D65 #163665

triadic

#165D65 #65165D #5D6516

tetradic

#165D65 #461665 #651E16 #366516

square

#165D65 #461665 #651E16 #366516

split-complementary

#165D65 #651636 #654616

monochromatic

#051719 #0B2F33 #165D65 #218B97 #2CBACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#165D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165D65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D65

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D65	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.068 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628b90',
    500: '#165d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d65;
$custom-light: #628b90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44012,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D65

secondary

#9C453B

accent

#5141E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D65

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

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