#165E68#165E68

#165E68 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.069 H 208.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E68
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 104)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.32, -17.63, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.32, 21.29, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% -0.0605 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.069 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8312, 9.1746, 14.5049)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E68 #682016

analogous

#166849 #165E68 #163568

triadic

#165E68 #68165E #5E6816

tetradic

#165E68 #491668 #682016 #356816

square

#165E68 #491668 #682016 #356816

split-complementary

#165E68 #681635 #684916

monochromatic

#051719 #0B3035 #165E68 #218C9B #2BB9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#165E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#165E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E68

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E68	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.069 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628c93',
    500: '#165e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e68;
$custom-light: #628c93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.317,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44417,
    "c": 0.06899,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E68

secondary

#9F473B

accent

#5440E8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E68

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

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