#165D53#165D53

#165D53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.070 H 181.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D53
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 83)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.25, -23.98, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.25, 23.99, 181.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% -0.0698 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.07 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8058, 8.6231, 9.5404)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D53 #5D1620

analogous

#165D2F #165D53 #16445D

triadic

#165D53 #53165D #5D5316

tetradic

#165D53 #2F165D #5D1620 #445D16

square

#165D53 #2F165D #5D1620 #445D16

split-complementary

#165D53 #5D1644 #5D2F16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2C27 #165D53 #228E7F #2DC0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#165D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D53

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D53	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.070 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608b83',
    500: '#165d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d53;
$custom-light: #608b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.549,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43308,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D53

secondary

#943B47

accent

#435AE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D53

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

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