#165E66#165E66

#165E66 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.068 H 206.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E66
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 102)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, -18.32, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 21.27, 210.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% -0.0614 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.068 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7308, 9.1345, 13.9762)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E66 #661E16

analogous

#166646 #165E66 #163666

triadic

#165E66 #66165E #5E6616

tetradic

#165E66 #461666 #661E16 #366616

square

#165E66 #461666 #661E16 #366616

split-complementary

#165E66 #661636 #664616

monochromatic

#051719 #0B3034 #165E66 #218C98 #2CBBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#165E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#165E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E66

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E66	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555A67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.068 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628c91',
    500: '#165e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e66;
$custom-light: #628c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4433,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E66

secondary

#9D453B

accent

#5140E8

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E66

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

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