#165D54#165D54

#165D54 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.069 H 182.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D54
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 84)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 9.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, -23.68, -1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 23.70, 182.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% -0.0692 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.069 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8447, 8.6387, 9.7452)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D54 #5D161F

analogous

#165D30 #165D54 #16435D

triadic

#165D54 #54165D #5D5416

tetradic

#165D54 #30165D #5D161F #435D16

square

#165D54 #30165D #5D161F #435D16

split-complementary

#165D54 #5D1643 #5D3016

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2C27 #165D54 #228E81 #2DC0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#165D54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165D54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D54

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D54	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.069 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608b84',
    500: '#165d54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d54;
$custom-light: #608b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43343,
    "c": 0.0693,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D54

secondary

#943B46

accent

#4357E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D54

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

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