#165A50#165A50

#165A50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.068 H 180.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A50
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, -23.37, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 23.37, 180.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% -0.0679 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.068 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4343, 8.0615, 8.8575)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A50 #5A1620

analogous

#165A2E #165A50 #16425A

triadic

#165A50 #50165A #5A5016

tetradic

#165A50 #2E165A #5A1620 #425A16

square

#165A50 #2E165A #5A1620 #425A16

split-complementary

#165A50 #5A1642 #5A2E16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2924 #165A50 #228B7C #2EBCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#165A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#165A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A50

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A50	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.068 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8981',
    500: '#165a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a50;
$custom-light: #5f8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42349,
    "c": 0.06787,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A50

secondary

#913B47

accent

#445BE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A50

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

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