#165A4F#165A4F

#165A4F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.068 H 179.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A4F
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 79)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, -23.68, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 23.68, 179.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0684 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.068 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3976, 8.0468, 8.6643)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A4F #5A1621

analogous

#165A2D #165A4F #16435A

triadic

#165A4F #4F165A #5A4F16

tetradic

#165A4F #2D165A #5A1621 #435A16

square

#165A4F #2D165A #5A1621 #435A16

split-complementary

#165A4F #5A1643 #5A2D16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2924 #165A4F #228B7A #2EBCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#165A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#165A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A4F

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A4F	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.068 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8980',
    500: '#165a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a4f;
$custom-light: #5f8980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.294,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42315,
    "c": 0.06839,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A4F

secondary

#913B49

accent

#445EE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A4F

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

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