#165F53#165F53

#165F53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.072 H 179.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F53
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 83)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 12.6%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.94, -24.99, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.94, 25.00, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% -0.072 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.072 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9836, 8.9788, 9.5997)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F53 #5F1622

analogous

#165F2E #165F53 #16465F

triadic

#165F53 #53165F #5F5316

tetradic

#165F53 #2E165F #5F1622 #465F16

square

#165F53 #2E165F #5F1622 #465F16

split-complementary

#165F53 #5F1646 #5F2E16

monochromatic

#061916 #0A2D28 #165F53 #22917E #2DC2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#165F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165F53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F53

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F53	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)

#5B5953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.072 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608d83',
    500: '#165f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f53;
$custom-light: #608d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.137,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43875,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F53

secondary

#963B4A

accent

#425DE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F53

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

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