#165F65#165F65

#165F65 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.069 H 203.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F65
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 101)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, -19.21, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 21.54, 206.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% -0.063 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.069 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7710, 9.2938, 13.7464)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F65 #651C16

analogous

#166544 #165F65 #163865

triadic

#165F65 #65165F #5F6516

tetradic

#165F65 #441665 #651C16 #386516

square

#165F65 #441665 #651C16 #386516

split-complementary

#165F65 #651638 #654416

monochromatic

#051819 #0B3033 #165F65 #218E97 #2CBECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#165F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F65

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F65	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.069 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628c90',
    500: '#165f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f65;
$custom-light: #628c90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.557,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44562,
    "c": 0.06855,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F65

secondary

#9C423B

accent

#4D41E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F65

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

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