#165A4B#165A4B

#165A4B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.071 H 174.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A4B
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 75)
HSL	hsl(167, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(167, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 16.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, -24.86, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 25.00, 173.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% -0.0705 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.071 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2564, 7.9903, 7.9205)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A4B #5A1625

analogous

#165A29 #165A4B #16475A

triadic

#165A4B #4B165A #5A4B16

tetradic

#165A4B #29165A #5A1625 #475A16

square

#165A4B #29165A #5A1625 #475A16

split-complementary

#165A4B #5A1647 #5A2916

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2922 #165A4B #228B74 #2EBC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#165A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#165A4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A4B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A4B	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57544A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.071 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f897d',
    500: '#165a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a4b;
$custom-light: #5f897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4218,
    "c": 0.07083,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A4B

secondary

#913B4E

accent

#4467E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A4B

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

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