#165E60#165E60

#165E60 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.068 H 197.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E60
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 96)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.02, -20.35, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.02, 21.66, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% -0.0643 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.068 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4439, 9.0197, 12.4654)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E60 #601816

analogous

#16603D #165E60 #163960

triadic

#165E60 #60165E #5E6016

tetradic

#165E60 #3D1660 #601816 #396016

square

#165E60 #3D1660 #601816 #396016

split-complementary

#165E60 #601639 #603D16

monochromatic

#061819 #0B2D2E #165E60 #218F92 #2DC0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#165E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E60

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E60	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.068 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c8d',
    500: '#165e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e60;
$custom-light: #618c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44079,
    "c": 0.06751,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E60

secondary

#973D3B

accent

#4642E6

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E60

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

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