#165D5C#165D5C

#165D5C is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.067 H 193.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D5C
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 92)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.54, -21.14, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.54, 21.88, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% -0.0651 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.067 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1761, 8.7712, 11.4907)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D5C #5D1617

analogous

#165D39 #165D5C #163A5D

triadic

#165D5C #5C165D #5D5C16

tetradic

#165D5C #39165D #5D1617 #3A5D16

square

#165D5C #39165D #5D1617 #3A5D16

split-complementary

#165D5C #5D163A #5D3916

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2C2B #165D5C #228E8D #2DC0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#165D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165D5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D5C

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D5C	1.00	7.62	2.75	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57585C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.067 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618b8a',
    500: '#165d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d5c;
$custom-light: #618b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43642,
    "c": 0.06701,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D5C

secondary

#943B3C

accent

#4345E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D5C

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

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