#165E54#165E54

#165E54 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.070 H 181.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E54
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 84)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, -24.19, -0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 24.19, 181.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% -0.0704 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.07 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9330, 8.8154, 9.7746)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E54 #5E1620

analogous

#165E30 #165E54 #16445E

triadic

#165E54 #54165E #5E5416

tetradic

#165E54 #30165E #5E1620 #445E16

square

#165E54 #30165E #5E1620 #445E16

split-complementary

#165E54 #5E1644 #5E3016

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2C28 #165E54 #229080 #2DC1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#165E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E54

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E54	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)

#595854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.070 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c84',
    500: '#165e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e54;
$custom-light: #608c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43626,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E54

secondary

#953B47

accent

#4359E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E54

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

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