#165B5D#165B5D

#165B5D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.066 H 197.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B5D
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 93)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, -19.74, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 21.03, 200.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% -0.0624 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.066 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0469, 8.4423, 11.6646)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B5D #5D1816

analogous

#165D3B #165B5D #16385D

triadic

#165B5D #5D165B #5B5D16

tetradic

#165B5D #3B165D #5D1816 #385D16

square

#165B5D #3B165D #5D1816 #385D16

split-complementary

#165B5D #5D1638 #5D3B16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2B2C #165B5D #228B8E #2DBCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#165B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#165B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B5D

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B5D	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54565D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.066 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60898a',
    500: '#165b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b5d;
$custom-light: #60898a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43124,
    "c": 0.06555,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B5D

secondary

#943D3B

accent

#4843E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B5D

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

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