#165E55#165E55

#165E55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.070 H 182.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E55
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.66, -23.88, -1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.66, 23.91, 182.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.0698 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.07 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9725, 8.8312, 9.9824)
Luminance	0.0883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E55 #5E161F

analogous

#165E31 #165E55 #16435E

triadic

#165E55 #55165E #5E5516

tetradic

#165E55 #31165E #5E161F #435E16

square

#165E55 #31165E #5E161F #435E16

split-complementary

#165E55 #5E1643 #5E3116

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2C28 #165E55 #229082 #2DC1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#165E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E55

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E55	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.070 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c84',
    500: '#165e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e55;
$custom-light: #608c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43661,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E55

secondary

#953B46

accent

#4357E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E55

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

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