#165A5A#165A5A

#165A5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.065 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A5A
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 90)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, -20.20, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 21.08, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0627 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.065 195)
XYZ	xyz(5.8317, 8.2204, 10.9502)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A5A #5A1616

analogous

#165A38 #165A5A #16385A

triadic

#165A5A #5A165A #5A5A16

tetradic

#165A5A #38165A #5A1616 #385A16

square

#165A5A #38165A #5A1616 #385A16

split-complementary

#165A5A #5A1638 #5A3816

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2929 #165A5A #228B8B #2EBCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#165A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#165A5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A5A

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A5A	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54555A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.065 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608988',
    500: '#165a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a5a;
$custom-light: #608988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.08221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A5A

secondary

#913B3B

accent

#4444E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A5A

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

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