#165D5A#165D5A

#165D5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.067 H 190.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D5A
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 90)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.47, -21.79, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.47, 22.25, 191.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% -0.0661 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.067 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0898, 8.7367, 11.0363)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D5A #5D1619

analogous

#165D37 #165D5A #163C5D

triadic

#165D5A #5A165D #5D5A16

tetradic

#165D5A #37165D #5D1619 #3C5D16

square

#165D5A #37165D #5D1619 #3C5D16

split-complementary

#165D5A #5D163C #5D3716

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2C2A #165D5A #228E8A #2DC0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#165D5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165D5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D5A

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D5A	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57585A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.067 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608b88',
    500: '#165d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d5a;
$custom-light: #608b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43564,
    "c": 0.06734,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D5A

secondary

#943B3E

accent

#434AE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D5A

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

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