#165D4D#165D4D

#165D4D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.073 H 174.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D4D
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 77)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 17.2%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.07, -25.76, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.07, 25.94, 173.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% -0.0729 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.073 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5841, 8.5344, 8.3728)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D4D #5D1626

analogous

#165D2A #165D4D #16495D

triadic

#165D4D #4D165D #5D4D16

tetradic

#165D4D #2A165D #5D1626 #495D16

square

#165D4D #2A165D #5D1626 #495D16

split-complementary

#165D4D #5D1649 #5D2A16

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2C24 #165D4D #228E76 #2DC09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#165D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D4D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D4D	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50504E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.073 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b7e',
    500: '#165d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d4d;
$custom-light: #5f8b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.479,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43105,
    "c": 0.07331,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D4D

secondary

#943B4F

accent

#4367E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#797D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D4D

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

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