#165D6A#165D6A

#165D6A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.070 H 212.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D6A
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 106)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.06, -16.36, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.06, 21.26, 219.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% -0.0585 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.07 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8456, 9.0391, 15.0168)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D6A #6A2316

analogous

#166A4D #165D6A #16336A

triadic

#165D6A #6A165D #5D6A16

tetradic

#165D6A #4D166A #6A2316 #336A16

square

#165D6A #4D166A #6A2316 #336A16

split-complementary

#165D6A #6A1633 #6A4D16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B3137 #165D6A #21899D #2BB6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#165D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#165D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D6A

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D6A	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48516A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.070 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628b94',
    500: '#165d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d6a;
$custom-light: #628b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44234,
    "c": 0.06963,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D6A

secondary

#A04B3B

accent

#593FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D6A

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

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