#165A5C#165A5C

#165A5C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.065 H 197.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A5C
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 92)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.51, -19.53, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.51, 20.82, 200.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% -0.0617 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.065 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9179, 8.2549, 11.4046)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A5C #5C1816

analogous

#165C3B #165A5C #16375C

triadic

#165A5C #5C165A #5A5C16

tetradic

#165A5C #3B165C #5C1816 #375C16

square

#165A5C #3B165C #5C1816 #375C16

split-complementary

#165A5C #5C1637 #5C3B16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2A2B #165A5C #228A8D #2EBBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#165A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#165A5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A5C

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A5C	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53555C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.065 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60898a',
    500: '#165a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a5c;
$custom-light: #60898a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42805,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A5C

secondary

#933D3B

accent

#4843E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A5C

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

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