#165A5E#165A5E

#165A5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.065 H 200.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A5E
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 94)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, -18.86, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 20.62, 203.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% -0.0608 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.065 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0065, 8.2903, 11.8711)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A5E #5E1A16

analogous

#165E3E #165A5E #16365E

triadic

#165A5E #5E165A #5A5E16

tetradic

#165A5E #3E165E #5E1A16 #365E16

square

#165A5E #3E165E #5E1A16 #365E16

split-complementary

#165A5E #5E1636 #5E3E16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2B2C #165A5E #228990 #2DB9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#165A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#165A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A5E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A5E	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53565E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.065 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60898b',
    500: '#165a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a5e;
$custom-light: #60898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42887,
    "c": 0.06502,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A5E

secondary

#95403B

accent

#4C43E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A5E

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

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