#165D55#165D55

#165D55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.069 H 184.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D55
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 85)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, -23.37, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 23.43, 183.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% -0.0687 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.069 184)
XYZ	xyz(5.8841, 8.6545, 9.9529)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D55 #5D161E

analogous

#165D31 #165D55 #16425D

triadic

#165D55 #55165D #5D5516

tetradic

#165D55 #31165D #5D161E #425D16

square

#165D55 #31165D #5D161E #425D16

split-complementary

#165D55 #5D1642 #5D3116

monochromatic

#061917 #0A2C28 #165D55 #228E82 #2DC0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#165D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D55

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D55	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.069 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608b84',
    500: '#165d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d55;
$custom-light: #608b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43379,
    "c": 0.06888,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.08655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D55

secondary

#943B45

accent

#4355E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D55

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

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