#165B5C#165B5C

#165B5C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.066 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B5C
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 92)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.85, -20.07, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.85, 21.15, 198.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% -0.0629 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.066 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0029, 8.4247, 11.4329)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B5C #5C1716

analogous

#165C3A #165B5C #16385C

triadic

#165B5C #5C165B #5B5C16

tetradic

#165B5C #3A165C #5C1716 #385C16

square

#165B5C #3A165C #5C1716 #385C16

split-complementary

#165B5C #5C1638 #5C3A16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2A2B #165B5C #228C8D #2EBDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#165B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#165B5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B5C

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B5C	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54565C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.066 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60898a',
    500: '#165b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b5c;
$custom-light: #60898a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43084,
    "c": 0.06555,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B5C

secondary

#933C3B

accent

#4643E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B5C

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

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