#165B5A#165B5A

#165B5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.066 H 193.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B5A
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 90)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, -20.73, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 21.46, 194.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43% -0.0639 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.066 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9166, 8.3902, 10.9785)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B5A #5B1617

analogous

#165B37 #165B5A #163A5B

triadic

#165B5A #5A165B #5B5A16

tetradic

#165B5A #37165B #5B1617 #3A5B16

square

#165B5A #37165B #5B1617 #3A5B16

split-complementary

#165B5A #5B163A #5B3716

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2A29 #165B5A #228C8B #2EBEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#165B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#165B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B5A

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B5A	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55565A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.066 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608988',
    500: '#165b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b5a;
$custom-light: #608988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43004,
    "c": 0.0657,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B5A

secondary

#923B3C

accent

#4446E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B5A

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

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