#165A5D#165A5D

#165A5D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.065 H 199.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A5D
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 93)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.54, -19.20, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.54, 20.71, 202.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% -0.0612 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.065 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9619, 8.2725, 11.6363)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A5D #5D1916

analogous

#165D3C #165A5D #16375D

triadic

#165A5D #5D165A #5A5D16

tetradic

#165A5D #3C165D #5D1916 #375D16

square

#165A5D #3C165D #5D1916 #375D16

split-complementary

#165A5D #5D1637 #5D3C16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2A2C #165A5D #228A8E #2DBAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#165A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#165A5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A5D

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A5D	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53565D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.065 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60898a',
    500: '#165a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a5d;
$custom-light: #60898a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42846,
    "c": 0.06493,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A5D

secondary

#943E3B

accent

#4A43E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A5D

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

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