#165E69#165E69

#165E69 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.069 H 210.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E69
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 105)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 10.5%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.36, -17.28, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.36, 21.32, 215.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% -0.06 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.069 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8823, 9.1951, 14.7740)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E69 #692116

analogous

#16694B #165E69 #163469

triadic

#165E69 #69165E #5E6916

tetradic

#165E69 #4B1669 #692116 #346916

square

#165E69 #4B1669 #692116 #346916

split-complementary

#165E69 #691634 #694B16

monochromatic

#051719 #0B3136 #165E69 #218B9C #2BB9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#165E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#165E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E69

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E69	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.069 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628c93',
    500: '#165e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e69;
$custom-light: #628c93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.952,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44461,
    "c": 0.06937,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E69

secondary

#9F493B

accent

#563FE8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E69

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

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