#165B54#165B54

#165B54 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.067 H 185.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B54
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 84)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 7.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, -22.65, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 22.75, 185.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% -0.0669 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.067 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6714, 8.2922, 9.6874)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B54 #5B161D

analogous

#165B32 #165B54 #16405B

triadic

#165B54 #54165B #5B5416

tetradic

#165B54 #32165B #5B161D #405B16

square

#165B54 #32165B #5B161D #405B16

split-complementary

#165B54 #5B1640 #5B3216

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2A27 #165B54 #228C81 #2EBEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#165B54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#165B54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B54

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B54	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.067 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a84',
    500: '#165b54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b54;
$custom-light: #5f8a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.913,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42777,
    "c": 0.06719,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B54

secondary

#923B44

accent

#4454E4

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B54

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

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