#165E52#165E52

#165E52 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.071 H 179.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E52
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 82)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 12.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, -24.79, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 24.80, 178.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% -0.0714 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.071 179)
XYZ	xyz(5.8558, 8.7845, 9.3680)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E52 #5E1622

analogous

#165E2E #165E52 #16465E

triadic

#165E52 #52165E #5E5216

tetradic

#165E52 #2E165E #5E1622 #465E16

square

#165E52 #2E165E #5E1622 #465E16

split-complementary

#165E52 #5E1646 #5E2E16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2C27 #165E52 #22907D #2DC1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#165E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E52

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E52	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.071 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c82',
    500: '#165e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e52;
$custom-light: #608c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43557,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.08785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E52

secondary

#953B4A

accent

#435EE5

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E52

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

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