#165E5A#165E5A

#165E5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.068 H 189.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E5A
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 90)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.82, -22.31, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.82, 22.67, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% -0.0673 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.068 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1782, 8.9134, 11.0657)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E5A #5E161A

analogous

#165E36 #165E5A #163E5E

triadic

#165E5A #5A165E #5E5A16

tetradic

#165E5A #36165E #5E161A #3E5E16

square

#165E5A #36165E #5E161A #3E5E16

split-complementary

#165E5A #5E163E #5E3616

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2C2B #165E5A #229089 #2DC1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#165E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#165E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E5A

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E5A	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E515B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.068 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c88',
    500: '#165e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e5a;
$custom-light: #618c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43844,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E5A

secondary

#953B40

accent

#434CE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E5A

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

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