#165F5B#165F5B

#165F5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.069 H 189.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F5B
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 91)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.19, -22.51, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.19, 22.88, 190.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% -0.0679 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.069 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3105, 9.1096, 11.3212)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F5B #5F161A

analogous

#165F36 #165F5B #163E5F

triadic

#165F5B #5B165F #5F5B16

tetradic

#165F5B #36165F #5F161A #3E5F16

square

#165F5B #36165F #5F161A #3E5F16

split-complementary

#165F5B #5F163E #5F3616

monochromatic

#061918 #0A2D2B #165F5B #22918B #2DC2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#165F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165F5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F5B

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F5B	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00625E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.069 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618d89',
    500: '#165f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f5b;
$custom-light: #618d89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.712,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44162,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F5B

secondary

#963B40

accent

#424BE5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F5B

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

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