#165A38#165A38

#165A38 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.088 H 156.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A38
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(150, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(150, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 37.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, -29.81, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 32.83, 155.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% -0.0808 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.088 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7004, 7.7679, 4.9922)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A38 #5A1638

analogous

#165A16 #165A38 #165A5A

triadic

#165A38 #38165A #5A3816

tetradic

#165A38 #16165A #5A1638 #5A5A16

square

#165A38 #16165A #5A1638 #5A5A16

split-complementary

#165A38 #5A165A #5A1616

monochromatic

#06190F #0A2919 #165A38 #228B57 #2EBC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#165A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#165A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A38

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A38	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.088 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e896f',
    500: '#165a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a38;
$custom-light: #5e896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41642,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A38

secondary

#913B66

accent

#4494E4

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#EAF0EC

border

#C6CBC7

text

#050B07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A38

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

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