#165C5B#165C5B

#165C5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.066 H 193.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C5B
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 91)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, -20.94, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 21.67, 194.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.0645 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.066 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0455, 8.5795, 11.2329)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C5B #5C1617

analogous

#165C38 #165C5B #163A5C

triadic

#165C5B #5B165C #5C5B16

tetradic

#165C5B #38165C #5C1617 #3A5C16

square

#165C5B #38165C #5C1617 #3A5C16

split-complementary

#165C5B #5C163A #5C3816

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2B2A #165C5B #228D8C #2EBFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#165C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165C5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C5B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C5B	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56575B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.066 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a89',
    500: '#165c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c5b;
$custom-light: #608a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43323,
    "c": 0.06636,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C5B

secondary

#933B3C

accent

#4346E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C5B

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

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