#165A4C#165A4C

#165A4C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.070 H 175.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A4C
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 76)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 15.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, -24.57, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 24.66, 175.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% -0.07 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.07 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2909, 8.0041, 8.1022)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A4C #5A1624

analogous

#165A2A #165A4C #16465A

triadic

#165A4C #4C165A #5A4C16

tetradic

#165A4C #2A165A #5A1624 #465A16

square

#165A4C #2A165A #5A1624 #465A16

split-complementary

#165A4C #5A1646 #5A2A16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2922 #165A4C #228B76 #2EBC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#165A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#165A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A4C

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A4C	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.070 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f897e',
    500: '#165a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a4c;
$custom-light: #5f897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42213,
    "c": 0.07017,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A4C

secondary

#913B4C

accent

#4465E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A4C

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

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