#165F57#165F57

#165F57 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.070 H 184.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F57
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 87)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.07, -23.77, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.07, 23.84, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% -0.0699 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.07 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1426, 9.0424, 10.4366)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F57 #5F161E

analogous

#165F33 #165F57 #16425F

triadic

#165F57 #57165F #5F5716

tetradic

#165F57 #33165F #5F161E #425F16

square

#165F57 #33165F #5F161E #425F16

split-complementary

#165F57 #5F1642 #5F3316

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2D29 #165F57 #229185 #2DC2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#165F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#165F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F57

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F57	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.070 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608d86',
    500: '#165f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f57;
$custom-light: #608d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.425,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44015,
    "c": 0.07014,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F57

secondary

#963B45

accent

#4254E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F57

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

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