#165E51#165E51

#165E51 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.072 H 177.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E51
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(169, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 13.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.54, -25.09, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.54, 25.12, 177.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% -0.0719 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.072 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8180, 8.7694, 9.1690)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E51 #5E1623

analogous

#165E2D #165E51 #16475E

triadic

#165E51 #51165E #5E5116

tetradic

#165E51 #2D165E #5E1623 #475E16

square

#165E51 #2D165E #5E1623 #475E16

split-complementary

#165E51 #5E1647 #5E2D16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2C26 #165E51 #22907C #2DC1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#165E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E51

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E51	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)

#5A5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.072 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c81',
    500: '#165e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e51;
$custom-light: #608c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43523,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E51

secondary

#953B4B

accent

#4360E5

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E51

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

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