#165C5A#165C5A

#165C5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.067 H 192.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C5A
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 90)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, -21.26, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 21.85, 193.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% -0.065 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.067 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0026, 8.5623, 11.0072)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C5A #5C1618

analogous

#165C37 #165C5A #163B5C

triadic

#165C5A #5A165C #5C5A16

tetradic

#165C5A #37165C #5C1618 #3B5C16

square

#165C5A #37165C #5C1618 #3B5C16

split-complementary

#165C5A #5C163B #5C3716

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2B2A #165C5A #228D8A #2EBFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#165C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C5A

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C5A	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56575A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.067 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a88',
    500: '#165c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c5a;
$custom-light: #608a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43284,
    "c": 0.0665,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C5A

secondary

#933B3D

accent

#4348E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C5A

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

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