#165A51#165A51

#165A51 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.067 H 182.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A51
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 81)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 10%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, -23.07, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 23.08, 182.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% -0.0673 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.067 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4715, 8.0763, 9.0535)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A51 #5A161F

analogous

#165A2F #165A51 #16415A

triadic

#165A51 #51165A #5A5116

tetradic

#165A51 #2F165A #5A161F #415A16

square

#165A51 #2F165A #5A161F #415A16

split-complementary

#165A51 #5A1641 #5A2F16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2925 #165A51 #228B7D #2EBCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#165A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#165A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A51

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A51	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.067 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8981',
    500: '#165a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a51;
$custom-light: #5f8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.059,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42385,
    "c": 0.06739,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A51

secondary

#913B46

accent

#4459E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A51

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

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