#165C54#165C54

#165C54 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.068 H 183.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C54
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 84)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 8.7%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, -23.17, -1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 23.22, 183.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% -0.0681 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.068 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7575, 8.4643, 9.7161)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C54 #5C161E

analogous

#165C31 #165C54 #16415C

triadic

#165C54 #54165C #5C5416

tetradic

#165C54 #31165C #5C161E #415C16

square

#165C54 #31165C #5C161E #415C16

split-complementary

#165C54 #5C1641 #5C3116

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2B27 #165C54 #228D81 #2EBFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#165C54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#165C54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C54

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C54	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)

#575654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.068 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a84',
    500: '#165c54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c54;
$custom-light: #608a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4306,
    "c": 0.06823,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C54

secondary

#933B45

accent

#4356E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C54

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

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