#165E58#165E58

#165E58 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.069 H 186.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E58
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 88)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(175, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.75, -22.95, -2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.75, 23.12, 187.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0683 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.069 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0942, 8.8798, 10.6234)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E58 #5E161C

analogous

#165E34 #165E58 #16405E

triadic

#165E58 #58165E #5E5816

tetradic

#165E58 #34165E #5E161C #405E16

square

#165E58 #34165E #5E161C #405E16

split-complementary

#165E58 #5E1640 #5E3416

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2C2A #165E58 #229086 #2DC1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#165E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#165E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E58

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E58	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.069 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c87',
    500: '#165e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e58;
$custom-light: #608c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4377,
    "c": 0.06878,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E58

secondary

#953B42

accent

#4350E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E58

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

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