#165A4A#165A4A

#165A4A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.072 H 173.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A4A
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 74)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 17.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.93, -25.15, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.93, 25.36, 172.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% -0.071 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.072 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2224, 7.9767, 7.7417)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A4A #5A1626

analogous

#165A28 #165A4A #16485A

triadic

#165A4A #4A165A #5A4A16

tetradic

#165A4A #28165A #5A1626 #485A16

square

#165A4A #28165A #5A1626 #485A16

split-complementary

#165A4A #5A1648 #5A2816

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2922 #165A4A #228B72 #2EBC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#165A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#165A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A4A

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A4A	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.072 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e897c',
    500: '#165a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a4a;
$custom-light: #5e897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42147,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A4A

secondary

#913B4F

accent

#446AE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A4A

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

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