#165A56#165A56

#165A56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.066 H 189.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A56
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, -21.50, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 21.82, 189.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% -0.0647 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.066 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6660, 8.1541, 10.0776)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A56 #5A161A

analogous

#165A34 #165A56 #163C5A

triadic

#165A56 #56165A #5A5616

tetradic

#165A56 #34165A #5A161A #3C5A16

square

#165A56 #34165A #5A161A #3C5A16

split-complementary

#165A56 #5A163C #5A3416

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2927 #165A56 #228B85 #2EBCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#165A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#165A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A56

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A56	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.066 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8985',
    500: '#165a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a56;
$custom-light: #5f8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42569,
    "c": 0.06559,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A56

secondary

#913B40

accent

#444DE4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A56

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

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