#165B5B#165B5B

#165B5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.066 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B5B
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 91)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.82, -20.40, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.82, 21.30, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% -0.0634 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.066 195)
XYZ	xyz(5.9594, 8.4074, 11.2042)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B5B #5B1616

analogous

#165B39 #165B5B #16395B

triadic

#165B5B #5B165B #5B5B16

tetradic

#165B5B #39165B #5B1616 #395B16

square

#165B5B #39165B #5B1616 #395B16

split-complementary

#165B5B #5B1639 #5B3916

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2A2A #165B5B #228C8C #2EBEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#165B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#165B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B5B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B5B	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55565B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.066 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608989',
    500: '#165b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b5b;
$custom-light: #608989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43044,
    "c": 0.0656,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.08408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B5B

secondary

#923B3B

accent

#4444E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B5B

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

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