#165F55#165F55

#165F55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.071 H 181.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F55
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 85)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 10.5%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, -24.39, -0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 24.39, 181.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% -0.071 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.071 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0620, 9.0102, 10.0122)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F55 #5F1620

analogous

#165F30 #165F55 #16445F

triadic

#165F55 #55165F #5F5516

tetradic

#165F55 #30165F #5F1620 #445F16

square

#165F55 #30165F #5F1620 #445F16

split-complementary

#165F55 #5F1644 #5F3016

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2D29 #165F55 #229181 #2DC2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#165F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F55

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F55	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.071 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608d84',
    500: '#165f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f55;
$custom-light: #608d84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.781,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43944,
    "c": 0.07102,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F55

secondary

#963B47

accent

#4259E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F55

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

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