#165B4F#165B4F

#165B4F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.070 H 178.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B4F
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 79)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 13.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, -24.18, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 24.19, 178.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% -0.0695 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.07 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4826, 8.2166, 8.6926)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B4F #5B1622

analogous

#165B2D #165B4F #16455B

triadic

#165B4F #4F165B #5B4F16

tetradic

#165B4F #2D165B #5B1622 #455B16

square

#165B4F #2D165B #5B1622 #455B16

split-complementary

#165B4F #5B1645 #5B2D16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2A24 #165B4F #228C7A #2EBEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#165B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#165B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B4F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B4F	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.070 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a80',
    500: '#165b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b4f;
$custom-light: #5f8a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.426,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B4F

secondary

#923B4A

accent

#4460E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B4F

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

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