#165F56#165F56

#165F56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.071 H 182.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F56
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 9.5%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.03, -24.08, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.03, 24.11, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% -0.0705 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.071 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1020, 9.0262, 10.2229)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F56 #5F161F

analogous

#165F31 #165F56 #16435F

triadic

#165F56 #56165F #5F5616

tetradic

#165F56 #31165F #5F161F #435F16

square

#165F56 #31165F #5F161F #435F16

split-complementary

#165F56 #5F1643 #5F3116

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2D29 #165F56 #229183 #2DC2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#165F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#165F56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F56

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F56	1.00	7.49	2.81	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.071 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608d85',
    500: '#165f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f56;
$custom-light: #608d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.603,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43979,
    "c": 0.07056,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F56

secondary

#963B46

accent

#4256E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F56

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

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