#165D4F#165D4F

#165D4F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.072 H 176.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D4F
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 79)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 15.1%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, -25.18, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 25.25, 175.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% -0.0719 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.072 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6558, 8.5631, 8.7504)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D4F #5D1624

analogous

#165D2B #165D4F #16475D

triadic

#165D4F #4F165D #5D4F16

tetradic

#165D4F #2B165D #5D1624 #475D16

square

#165D4F #2B165D #5D1624 #475D16

split-complementary

#165D4F #5D1647 #5D2B16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2C25 #165D4F #228E79 #2DC0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#165D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D4F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D4F	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.072 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b80',
    500: '#165d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d4f;
$custom-light: #5f8b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43171,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D4F

secondary

#943B4C

accent

#4363E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#797D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D4F

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

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