#165E50#165E50

#165E50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.073 H 176.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E50
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 14.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.51, -25.38, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.51, 25.44, 176.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% -0.0725 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.073 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7808, 8.7545, 8.9730)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E50 #5E1624

analogous

#165E2C #165E50 #16485E

triadic

#165E50 #50165E #5E5016

tetradic

#165E50 #2C165E #5E1624 #485E16

square

#165E50 #2C165E #5E1624 #485E16

split-complementary

#165E50 #5E1648 #5E2C16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2C26 #165E50 #22907A #2DC1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#165E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E50

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E50	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A584F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.073 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c81',
    500: '#165e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e50;
$custom-light: #608c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43489,
    "c": 0.0726,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E50

secondary

#953B4C

accent

#4362E5

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E50

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

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