#165C4F#165C4F

#165C4F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.071 H 177.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C4F
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 79)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, -24.68, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 24.72, 176.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% -0.0707 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.071 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5686, 8.3887, 8.7213)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C4F #5C1623

analogous

#165C2C #165C4F #16465C

triadic

#165C4F #4F165C #5C4F16

tetradic

#165C4F #2C165C #5C1623 #465C16

square

#165C4F #2C165C #5C1623 #465C16

split-complementary

#165C4F #5C1646 #5C2C16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2B25 #165C4F #228D79 #2EBFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#165C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#165C4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C4F

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C4F	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58564E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.071 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a80',
    500: '#165c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c4f;
$custom-light: #5f8a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42885,
    "c": 0.07077,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C4F

secondary

#933B4B

accent

#4361E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#797D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C4F

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

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