#165B53#165B53

#165B53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.068 H 183.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B53
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 83)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.55, -22.96, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.55, 23.01, 183.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% -0.0674 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.068 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6325, 8.2766, 9.4826)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B53 #5B161E

analogous

#165B30 #165B53 #16415B

triadic

#165B53 #53165B #5B5316

tetradic

#165B53 #30165B #5B161E #415B16

square

#165B53 #30165B #5B161E #415B16

split-complementary

#165B53 #5B1641 #5B3016

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2A26 #165B53 #228C80 #2EBEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#165B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#165B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B53

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B53	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.068 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a83',
    500: '#165b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b53;
$custom-light: #5f8a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4274,
    "c": 0.06759,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B53

secondary

#923B45

accent

#4456E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B53

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

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