#165B5E#165B5E

#165B5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.066 H 199.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B5E
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 94)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, -19.41, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 20.92, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% -0.0619 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.066 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0914, 8.4602, 11.8994)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B5E #5E1916

analogous

#165E3D #165B5E #16375E

triadic

#165B5E #5E165B #5B5E16

tetradic

#165B5E #3D165E #5E1916 #375E16

square

#165B5E #3D165E #5E1916 #375E16

split-complementary

#165B5E #5E1637 #5E3D16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2B2C #165B5E #228B90 #2DBBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#165B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#165B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B5E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B5E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54575E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.066 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898b',
    500: '#165b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b5e;
$custom-light: #61898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43165,
    "c": 0.06559,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B5E

secondary

#953F3B

accent

#4943E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B5E

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

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