#165D5E#165D5E

#165D5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.067 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D5E
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 94)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, -20.48, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 21.58, 198.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0641 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.067 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2647, 8.8067, 11.9572)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D5E #5E1716

analogous

#165E3B #165D5E #16395E

triadic

#165D5E #5E165D #5D5E16

tetradic

#165D5E #3B165E #5E1716 #395E16

square

#165D5E #3B165E #5E1716 #395E16

split-complementary

#165D5E #5E1639 #5E3B16

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2C2C #165D5E #228E90 #2DBFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#165D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D5E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D5E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56585E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.067 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618b8b',
    500: '#165d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d5e;
$custom-light: #618b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43721,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D5E

secondary

#953C3B

accent

#4543E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D5E

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

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