#165D4C#165D4C

#165D4C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.074 H 173.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D4C
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 76)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.04, -26.05, 3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.04, 26.29, 172.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% -0.0734 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.074 173)
XYZ	xyz(5.5491, 8.5204, 8.1882)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D4C #5D1627

analogous

#165D29 #165D4C #164A5D

triadic

#165D4C #4C165D #5D4C16

tetradic

#165D4C #29165D #5D1627 #4A5D16

square

#165D4C #29165D #5D1627 #4A5D16

split-complementary

#165D4C #5D164A #5D2916

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2C24 #165D4C #228E74 #2DC09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#165D4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165D4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D4C

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D4C	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)

#5A564B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50504D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.074 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b7e',
    500: '#165d4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d4c;
$custom-light: #5f8b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.634,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43073,
    "c": 0.07401,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.08521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D4C

secondary

#943B50

accent

#436AE5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C09

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D4C

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

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