#165F59#165F59

#165F59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.069 H 186.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F59
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(175, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, -23.15, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 23.33, 187.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% -0.0689 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.069 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2254, 9.0755, 10.8729)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F59 #5F161C

analogous

#165F34 #165F59 #16415F

triadic

#165F59 #59165F #5F5916

tetradic

#165F59 #34165F #5F161C #415F16

square

#165F59 #34165F #5F161C #415F16

split-complementary

#165F59 #5F1641 #5F3416

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2D2A #165F59 #229188 #2DC2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#165F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F59

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F59	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.069 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618d87',
    500: '#165f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f59;
$custom-light: #618d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.068,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44088,
    "c": 0.06942,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F59

secondary

#963B42

accent

#4250E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F59

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

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