#165C5D#165C5D

#165C5D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.066 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C5D
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 93)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, -20.28, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 21.37, 198.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% -0.0635 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.066 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1329, 8.6145, 11.6933)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C5D #5D1716

analogous

#165D3A #165C5D #16395D

triadic

#165C5D #5D165C #5C5D16

tetradic

#165C5D #3A165D #5D1716 #395D16

square

#165C5D #3A165D #5D1716 #395D16

split-complementary

#165C5D #5D1639 #5D3A16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2B2C #165C5D #228D8E #2DBEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#165C5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165C5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C5D

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C5D	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55575D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B505D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.066 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618a8a',
    500: '#165c5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c5d;
$custom-light: #618a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43402,
    "c": 0.06621,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C5D

secondary

#943C3B

accent

#4543E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C5D

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

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