#165A39#165A39

#165A39 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.087 H 157.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A39
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 57)
HSL	hsl(151, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(151, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 36.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, -29.58, 13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 32.38, 156.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% -0.0802 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.087 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7251, 7.7778, 5.1223)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A39 #5A1637

analogous

#165A17 #165A39 #16595A

triadic

#165A39 #39165A #5A3916

tetradic

#165A39 #17165A #5A1637 #595A16

square

#165A39 #17165A #5A1637 #595A16

split-complementary

#165A39 #5A1659 #5A1716

monochromatic

#061910 #0A291A #165A39 #228B58 #2EBC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#165A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#165A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A39

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A39	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.087 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e896f',
    500: '#165a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a39;
$custom-light: #5e896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41666,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A39

secondary

#913B65

accent

#4492E4

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#EAF0EC

border

#C6CBC7

text

#050B07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A39

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

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