#165A5F#165A5F

#165A5F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.065 H 202.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A5F
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 95)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, -18.52, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 20.55, 205.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% -0.0603 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.065 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0517, 8.3084, 12.1090)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A5F #5F1B16

analogous

#165F3F #165A5F #16355F

triadic

#165A5F #5F165A #5A5F16

tetradic

#165A5F #3F165F #5F1B16 #355F16

square

#165A5F #3F165F #5F1B16 #355F16

split-complementary

#165A5F #5F1635 #5F3F16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2B2D #165A5F #228991 #2DB8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#165A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#165A5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A5F

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A5F	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52565F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.065 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60898c',
    500: '#165a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a5f;
$custom-light: #60898c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42929,
    "c": 0.06515,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A5F

secondary

#96413B

accent

#4E42E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A5F

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

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