#165E56#165E56

#165E56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.070 H 184.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E56
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, -23.57, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 23.63, 184.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% -0.0693 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.07 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0125, 8.8472, 10.1931)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E56 #5E161E

analogous

#165E32 #165E56 #16425E

triadic

#165E56 #56165E #5E5616

tetradic

#165E56 #32165E #5E161E #425E16

square

#165E56 #32165E #5E161E #425E16

split-complementary

#165E56 #5E1642 #5E3216

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2C29 #165E56 #229083 #2DC1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#165E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E56

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E56	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.070 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c85',
    500: '#165e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e56;
$custom-light: #608c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43697,
    "c": 0.06951,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E56

secondary

#953B45

accent

#4355E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E56

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

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