#165E57#165E57

#165E57 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.069 H 185.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E57
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.72, -23.26, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.72, 23.37, 185.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% -0.0688 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.069 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0531, 8.8634, 10.4068)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E57 #5E161D

analogous

#165E33 #165E57 #16415E

triadic

#165E57 #57165E #5E5716

tetradic

#165E57 #33165E #5E161D #415E16

square

#165E57 #33165E #5E161D #415E16

split-complementary

#165E57 #5E1641 #5E3316

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2C29 #165E57 #229085 #2DC1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#165E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E57

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E57	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.069 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c86',
    500: '#165e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e57;
$custom-light: #608c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43733,
    "c": 0.06913,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E57

secondary

#953B44

accent

#4352E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E57

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

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