#165C5C#165C5C

#165C5C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.066 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C5C
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 92)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.20, -20.61, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.20, 21.51, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% -0.064 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.066 195)
XYZ	xyz(6.0889, 8.5969, 11.4616)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C5C #5C1616

analogous

#165C39 #165C5C #16395C

triadic

#165C5C #5C165C #5C5C16

tetradic

#165C5C #39165C #5C1616 #395C16

square

#165C5C #39165C #5C1616 #395C16

split-complementary

#165C5C #5C1639 #5C3916

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2B2B #165C5C #228D8D #2EBFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#165C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165C5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C5C

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C5C	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56575C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B505C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.066 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608a8a',
    500: '#165c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c5c;
$custom-light: #608a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43363,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.08598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C5C

secondary

#933B3B

accent

#4343E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C5C

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

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