#165E59#165E59

#165E59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.068 H 188.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E59
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, -22.63, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 22.89, 188.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% -0.0678 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.068 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1359, 8.8965, 10.8431)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E59 #5E161B

analogous

#165E35 #165E59 #163F5E

triadic

#165E59 #59165E #5E5916

tetradic

#165E59 #35165E #5E161B #3F5E16

square

#165E59 #35165E #5E161B #3F5E16

split-complementary

#165E59 #5E163F #5E3516

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2C2A #165E59 #229088 #2DC1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#165E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#165E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E59

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E59	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)

#585959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E515A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.068 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c87',
    500: '#165e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e59;
$custom-light: #608c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43807,
    "c": 0.06847,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E59

secondary

#953B41

accent

#434EE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E59

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

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