#165B4B#165B4B

#165B4B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.072 H 173.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B4B
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 75)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 17.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, -25.35, 3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 25.55, 172.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0717 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.072 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3413, 8.1601, 7.9488)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B4B #5B1626

analogous

#165B29 #165B4B #16495B

triadic

#165B4B #4B165B #5B4B16

tetradic

#165B4B #29165B #5B1626 #495B16

square

#165B4B #29165B #5B1626 #495B16

split-complementary

#165B4B #5B1649 #5B2916

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2A22 #165B4B #228C74 #2EBE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#165B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#165B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B4B

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B4B	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58554A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.072 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a7d',
    500: '#165b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b4b;
$custom-light: #5f8a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.087,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42467,
    "c": 0.07212,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B4B

secondary

#923B4F

accent

#4469E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C09

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B4B

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

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