#165A53#165A53

#165A53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.067 H 185.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A53
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, -22.45, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 22.54, 185.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% -0.0663 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.067 185)
XYZ	xyz(5.5476, 8.1068, 9.4543)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A53 #5A161D

analogous

#165A31 #165A53 #163F5A

triadic

#165A53 #53165A #5A5316

tetradic

#165A53 #31165A #5A161D #3F5A16

square

#165A53 #31165A #5A161D #3F5A16

split-complementary

#165A53 #5A163F #5A3116

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2926 #165A53 #228B80 #2EBCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#165A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#165A53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A53

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A53	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.067 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8983',
    500: '#165a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a53;
$custom-light: #5f8983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42457,
    "c": 0.06655,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.08107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A53

secondary

#913B44

accent

#4454E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A53

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

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