#165E53#165E53

#165E53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.071 H 180.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E53
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.60, -24.49, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.60, 24.49, 179.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% -0.0709 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.071 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8942, 8.7998, 9.5698)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E53 #5E1621

analogous

#165E2F #165E53 #16455E

triadic

#165E53 #53165E #5E5316

tetradic

#165E53 #2F165E #5E1621 #455E16

square

#165E53 #2F165E #5E1621 #455E16

split-complementary

#165E53 #5E1645 #5E2F16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2C27 #165E53 #22907F #2DC1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#165E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E53

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E53	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)

#5A5853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.071 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c83',
    500: '#165e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e53;
$custom-light: #608c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43591,
    "c": 0.07089,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E53

secondary

#953B49

accent

#435BE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E53

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

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