#165F5E#165F5E

#165F5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.068 H 193.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F5E
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 94)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.30, -21.55, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.30, 22.30, 194.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% -0.0664 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.068 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4425, 9.1624, 12.0165)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F5E #5F1617

analogous

#165F39 #165F5E #163B5F

triadic

#165F5E #5E165F #5F5E16

tetradic

#165F5E #39165F #5F1617 #3B5F16

square

#165F5E #39165F #5F1617 #3B5F16

split-complementary

#165F5E #5F163B #5F3916

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2D2D #165F5E #22918F #2DC2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#165F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#165F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F5E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F5E	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E525F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00625E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.068 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618d8b',
    500: '#165f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f5e;
$custom-light: #618d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44277,
    "c": 0.06831,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F5E

secondary

#963B3C

accent

#4245E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F5E

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

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