#165E5D#165E5D

#165E5D is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.068 H 193.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E5D
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 93)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, -21.34, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 22.09, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% -0.0658 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.068 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3085, 8.9655, 11.7518)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E5D #5E1617

analogous

#165E39 #165E5D #163B5E

triadic

#165E5D #5D165E #5E5D16

tetradic

#165E5D #39165E #5E1617 #3B5E16

square

#165E5D #39165E #5E1617 #3B5E16

split-complementary

#165E5D #5E163B #5E3916

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2C2C #165E5D #22908E #2DC1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#165E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E5D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E5D	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.068 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c8a',
    500: '#165e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e5d;
$custom-light: #618c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4396,
    "c": 0.06766,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E5D

secondary

#953B3C

accent

#4345E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E5D

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

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