#165E6A#165E6A

#165E6A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.070 H 211.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E6A
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 106)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, -16.92, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 21.38, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% -0.0595 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.07 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9340, 9.2158, 15.0462)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E6A #6A2216

analogous

#166A4C #165E6A #16346A

triadic

#165E6A #6A165E #5E6A16

tetradic

#165E6A #4C166A #6A2216 #346A16

square

#165E6A #4C166A #6A2216 #346A16

split-complementary

#165E6A #6A1634 #6A4C16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B3137 #165E6A #218B9D #2BB8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#165E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#165E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E6A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E6A	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49526A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.070 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638c94',
    500: '#165e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e6a;
$custom-light: #638c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44506,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E6A

secondary

#A04A3B

accent

#573FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E6A

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

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