#165F5F#165F5F

#165F5F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.068 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F5F
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 95)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, -21.22, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 22.14, 196.63°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% -0.0659 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.068 195)
XYZ	xyz(6.4877, 9.1804, 12.2543)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F5F #5F1616

analogous

#165F3A #165F5F #163A5F

triadic

#165F5F #5F165F #5F5F16

tetradic

#165F5F #3A165F #5F1616 #3A5F16

square

#165F5F #3A165F #5F1616 #3A5F16

split-complementary

#165F5F #5F163A #5F3A16

monochromatic

#061919 #0A2D2D #165F5F #229191 #2DC2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#165F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#165F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F5F

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F5F	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E525F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.068 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618d8c',
    500: '#165f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f5f;
$custom-light: #618d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44317,
    "c": 0.06822,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.09181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F5F

secondary

#963B3B

accent

#4242E5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F5F

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

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