#165B5F#165B5F

#165B5F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.066 H 200.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B5F
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 95)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, -19.07, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 20.83, 203.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% -0.0614 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.066 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1366, 8.4782, 12.1373)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B5F #5F1A16

analogous

#165F3E #165B5F #16365F

triadic

#165B5F #5F165B #5B5F16

tetradic

#165B5F #3E165F #5F1A16 #365F16

square

#165B5F #3E165F #5F1A16 #365F16

split-complementary

#165B5F #5F1636 #5F3E16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2B2D #165B5F #228B91 #2DBAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#165B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B5F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B5F	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54575F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.066 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898c',
    500: '#165b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b5f;
$custom-light: #61898c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43206,
    "c": 0.06567,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B5F

secondary

#96403B

accent

#4B42E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B5F

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

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