#165C5E#165C5E

#165C5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.066 H 197.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C5E
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 94)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, -19.95, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 21.24, 200.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% -0.063 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.066 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1775, 8.6323, 11.9281)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C5E #5E1816

analogous

#165E3C #165C5E #16385E

triadic

#165C5E #5E165C #5C5E16

tetradic

#165C5E #3C165E #5E1816 #385E16

square

#165C5E #3C165E #5E1816 #385E16

split-complementary

#165C5E #5E1638 #5E3C16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2B2C #165C5E #228D90 #2DBDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#165C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C5E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C5E	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55575E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B505E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.066 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618a8b',
    500: '#165c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c5e;
$custom-light: #618a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43443,
    "c": 0.06621,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C5E

secondary

#953D3B

accent

#4743E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C5E

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

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