#165B52#165B52

#165B52 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.068 H 182.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B52
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 82)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 9.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.52, -23.27, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.52, 23.29, 182.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% -0.068 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.068 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5942, 8.2613, 9.2808)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B52 #5B161F

analogous

#165B30 #165B52 #16425B

triadic

#165B52 #52165B #5B5216

tetradic

#165B52 #30165B #5B161F #425B16

square

#165B52 #30165B #5B161F #425B16

split-complementary

#165B52 #5B1642 #5B3016

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2A26 #165B52 #228C7E #2EBEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#165B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#165B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B52

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B52	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.068 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a82',
    500: '#165b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b52;
$custom-light: #5f8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42705,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B52

secondary

#923B46

accent

#4459E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B52

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

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