#165D5D#165D5D

#165D5D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.067 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D5D
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 93)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, -20.81, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 21.72, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% -0.0646 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.067 195)
XYZ	xyz(6.2201, 8.7888, 11.7224)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D5D #5D1616

analogous

#165D39 #165D5D #16395D

triadic

#165D5D #5D165D #5D5D16

tetradic

#165D5D #39165D #5D1616 #395D16

square

#165D5D #39165D #5D1616 #395D16

split-complementary

#165D5D #5D1639 #5D3916

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2C2C #165D5D #228E8E #2DC0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#165D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D5D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D5D	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56585D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.067 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618b8a',
    500: '#165d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d5d;
$custom-light: #618b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43681,
    "c": 0.06692,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.0879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D5D

secondary

#943B3B

accent

#4343E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D5D

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

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