#165D50#165D50

#165D50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.071 H 177.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D50
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 80)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 14%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, -24.88, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 24.92, 177.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% -0.0713 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.071 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6925, 8.5778, 8.9435)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D50 #5D1623

analogous

#165D2C #165D50 #16475D

triadic

#165D50 #50165D #5D5016

tetradic

#165D50 #2C165D #5D1623 #475D16

square

#165D50 #2C165D #5D1623 #475D16

split-complementary

#165D50 #5D1647 #5D2C16

monochromatic

#061915 #0A2C25 #165D50 #228E7B #2DC0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#165D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D50

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D50	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59574F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.071 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b81',
    500: '#165d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d50;
$custom-light: #5f8b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.014,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43204,
    "c": 0.07139,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D50

secondary

#943B4B

accent

#4361E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#797D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D50

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

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