#165E65#165E65

#165E65 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.068 H 204.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E65
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 101)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, -18.66, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 21.29, 208.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% -0.0619 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.068 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6815, 9.1148, 13.7166)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E65 #651D16

analogous

#166545 #165E65 #163765

triadic

#165E65 #65165E #5E6516

tetradic

#165E65 #451665 #651D16 #376516

square

#165E65 #451665 #651D16 #376516

split-complementary

#165E65 #651637 #654516

monochromatic

#051719 #0B2F33 #165E65 #218D97 #2CBCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#165E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E65

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E65	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.068 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628c90',
    500: '#165e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e65;
$custom-light: #628c90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.316,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44287,
    "c": 0.06812,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E65

secondary

#9C443B

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E65

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

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