#165A54#165A54

#165A54 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.066 H 186.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A54
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 84)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 6.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, -22.13, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 22.28, 186.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0658 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.066 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5865, 8.1223, 9.6591)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A54 #5A161C

analogous

#165A32 #165A54 #163E5A

triadic

#165A54 #54165A #5A5416

tetradic

#165A54 #32165A #5A161C #3E5A16

square

#165A54 #32165A #5A161C #3E5A16

split-complementary

#165A54 #5A163E #5A3216

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2926 #165A54 #228B82 #2EBCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#165A54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#165A54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A54

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A54	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.066 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8984',
    500: '#165a54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a54;
$custom-light: #5f8984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42494,
    "c": 0.06619,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A54

secondary

#913B42

accent

#4452E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A54

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

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