#165F5A#165F5A

#165F5A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.069 H 188.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F5A
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 90)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 5.3%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, -22.83, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 23.09, 188.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% -0.0684 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.069 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2677, 9.0924, 11.0956)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F5A #5F161B

analogous

#165F35 #165F5A #163F5F

triadic

#165F5A #5A165F #5F5A16

tetradic

#165F5A #35165F #5F161B #3F5F16

square

#165F5A #35165F #5F161B #3F5F16

split-complementary

#165F5A #5F163F #5F3516

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2D2B #165F5A #229189 #2DC2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#165F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F5A

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F5A	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59595A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00625D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.069 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618d88',
    500: '#165f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f5a;
$custom-light: #618d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.89,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44125,
    "c": 0.06911,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F5A

secondary

#963B41

accent

#424EE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F5A

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

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