#165E5E#165E5E

#165E5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.068 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E5E
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.95, -21.02, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.95, 21.93, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44% -0.0653 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.068 195)
XYZ	xyz(6.3530, 8.9834, 11.9866)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E5E #5E1616

analogous

#165E3A #165E5E #163A5E

triadic

#165E5E #5E165E #5E5E16

tetradic

#165E5E #3A165E #5E1616 #3A5E16

square

#165E5E #3A165E #5E1616 #3A5E16

split-complementary

#165E5E #5E163A #5E3A16

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2C2C #165E5E #229090 #2DC1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#165E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E5E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E5E	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.068 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c8b',
    500: '#165e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e5e;
$custom-light: #618c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43999,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.08984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E5E

secondary

#953B3B

accent

#4343E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E5E

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

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