#165C53#165C53

#165C53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.069 H 182.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C53
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.90, -23.47, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.90, 23.50, 182.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% -0.0686 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.069 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7186, 8.4487, 9.5113)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C53 #5C161F

analogous

#165C30 #165C53 #16425C

triadic

#165C53 #53165C #5C5316

tetradic

#165C53 #30165C #5C161F #425C16

square

#165C53 #30165C #5C161F #425C16

split-complementary

#165C53 #5C1642 #5C3016

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2B26 #165C53 #228D80 #2EBFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#165C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#165C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C53

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C53	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)

#575653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.069 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a83',
    500: '#165c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c53;
$custom-light: #608a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43024,
    "c": 0.06867,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C53

secondary

#933B46

accent

#4358E5

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#797D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C53

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

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