#165A5B#165A5B

#165A5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.065 H 196.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A5B
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 91)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, -19.87, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 20.94, 198.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% -0.0622 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.065 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8745, 8.2375, 11.1759)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A5B #5B1716

analogous

#165B3A #165A5B #16375B

triadic

#165A5B #5B165A #5A5B16

tetradic

#165A5B #3A165B #5B1716 #375B16

square

#165A5B #3A165B #5B1716 #375B16

split-complementary

#165A5B #5B1637 #5B3A16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A292A #165A5B #228B8C #2EBBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#165A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#165A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A5B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A5B	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53555B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.065 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608989',
    500: '#165a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a5b;
$custom-light: #608989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42764,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A5B

secondary

#923C3B

accent

#4644E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A5B

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

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