#165D4B#165D4B

#165D4B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.075 H 171.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D4B
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 75)
HSL	hsl(165, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(165, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 19.4%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, -26.33, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 26.66, 171.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% -0.074 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.075 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5146, 8.5066, 8.0066)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D4B #5D1628

analogous

#165D28 #165D4B #164B5D

triadic

#165D4B #4B165D #5D4B16

tetradic

#165D4B #28165D #5D1628 #4B5D16

square

#165D4B #28165D #5D1628 #4B5D16

split-complementary

#165D4B #5D164B #5D2816

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2C23 #165D4B #228E73 #2DC09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#165D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D4B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D4B	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A564A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.075 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b7d',
    500: '#165d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d4b;
$custom-light: #5f8b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.789,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43041,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D4B

secondary

#943B51

accent

#436CE5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C09

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D4B

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

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