#165C5F#165C5F

#165C5F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.066 H 199.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C5F
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 95)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, -19.61, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 21.13, 201.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% -0.0625 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.066 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2227, 8.6503, 12.1660)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C5F #5F1916

analogous

#165F3D #165C5F #16375F

triadic

#165C5F #5F165C #5C5F16

tetradic

#165C5F #3D165F #5F1916 #375F16

square

#165C5F #3D165F #5F1916 #375F16

split-complementary

#165C5F #5F1637 #5F3D16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2C2D #165C5F #228C91 #2DBCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#165C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C5F

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C5F	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55575F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A505F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.066 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618a8c',
    500: '#165c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c5f;
$custom-light: #618a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43484,
    "c": 0.06624,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C5F

secondary

#963F3B

accent

#4942E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C5F

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

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