#165A4D#165A4D

#165A4D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.070 H 177.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A4D
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 77)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 14.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, -24.27, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 24.32, 176.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.0694 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.07 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3259, 8.0181, 8.2867)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A4D #5A1623

analogous

#165A2B #165A4D #16455A

triadic

#165A4D #4D165A #5A4D16

tetradic

#165A4D #2B165A #5A1623 #455A16

square

#165A4D #2B165A #5A1623 #455A16

split-complementary

#165A4D #5A1645 #5A2B16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2923 #165A4D #228B77 #2EBCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#165A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#165A4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A4D

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A4D	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)

#56544C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.070 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f897e',
    500: '#165a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a4d;
$custom-light: #5f897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42246,
    "c": 0.06954,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A4D

secondary

#913B4B

accent

#4463E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A4D

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

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