#165F50#165F50

#165F50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.074 H 175.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F50
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 80)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 15.8%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -25.88, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 25.98, 174.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0736 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.074 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8703, 8.9335, 9.0028)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F50 #5F1625

analogous

#165F2B #165F50 #16495F

triadic

#165F50 #50165F #5F5016

tetradic

#165F50 #2B165F #5F1625 #495F16

square

#165F50 #2B165F #5F1625 #495F16

split-complementary

#165F50 #5F1649 #5F2B16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2D26 #165F50 #22917A #2DC2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#165F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F50

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F50	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B594F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.074 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608d81',
    500: '#165f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f50;
$custom-light: #608d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.671,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43774,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F50

secondary

#963B4E

accent

#4264E5

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F50

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

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