#165E5F#165E5F

#165E5F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.068 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E5F
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 95)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.99, -20.69, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.99, 21.79, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% -0.0648 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.068 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3982, 9.0014, 12.2245)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E5F #5F1716

analogous

#165F3B #165E5F #16395F

triadic

#165E5F #5F165E #5E5F16

tetradic

#165E5F #3B165F #5F1716 #395F16

square

#165E5F #3B165F #5F1716 #395F16

split-complementary

#165E5F #5F1639 #5F3B16

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2D2D #165E5F #228F91 #2DC0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#165E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E5F

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E5F	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C515F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.068 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c8c',
    500: '#165e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e5f;
$custom-light: #618c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44039,
    "c": 0.06752,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E5F

secondary

#963C3B

accent

#4542E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E5F

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

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