#165E5B#165E5B

#165E5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.068 H 190.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E5B
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, -21.99, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 22.46, 191.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% -0.0668 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.068 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2210, 8.9306, 11.2914)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E5B #5E1619

analogous

#165E37 #165E5B #163D5E

triadic

#165E5B #5B165E #5E5B16

tetradic

#165E5B #37165E #5E1619 #3D5E16

square

#165E5B #37165E #5E1619 #3D5E16

split-complementary

#165E5B #5E163D #5E3716

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2C2B #165E5B #22908B #2DC1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#165E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E5B

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E5B	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E515C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.068 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c89',
    500: '#165e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e5b;
$custom-light: #618c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43882,
    "c": 0.06799,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E5B

secondary

#953B3F

accent

#4349E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E5B

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

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