#165D5F#165D5F

#165D5F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.067 H 197.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D5F
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 95)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.64, -20.15, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.64, 21.45, 200.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% -0.0637 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.067 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3099, 8.8247, 12.1950)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D5F #5F1816

analogous

#165F3C #165D5F #16385F

triadic

#165D5F #5F165D #5D5F16

tetradic

#165D5F #3C165F #5F1816 #385F16

square

#165D5F #3C165F #5F1816 #385F16

split-complementary

#165D5F #5F1638 #5F3C16

monochromatic

#061819 #0A2C2D #165D5F #228E91 #2DBEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#165D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D5F

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D5F	1.00	7.59	2.76	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56585F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B515F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.067 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618b8c',
    500: '#165d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d5f;
$custom-light: #618b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.644,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43761,
    "c": 0.06686,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D5F

secondary

#963D3B

accent

#4742E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D5F

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

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