#165A3E#165A3E

#165A3E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.082 H 161.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A3E
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 62)
HSL	hsl(155, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(155, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 31.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, -28.38, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 30.17, 160.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% -0.0775 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.082 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8560, 7.8302, 5.8119)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A3E #5A1632

analogous

#165A1C #165A3E #16545A

triadic

#165A3E #3E165A #5A3E16

tetradic

#165A3E #1C165A #5A1632 #545A16

square

#165A3E #1C165A #5A1632 #545A16

split-complementary

#165A3E #5A1654 #5A1C16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A291C #165A3E #228B60 #2EBC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#165A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#165A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A3E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A3E	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59533C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.082 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8973',
    500: '#165a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a3e;
$custom-light: #5e8973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.294,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41793,
    "c": 0.08181,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A3E

secondary

#913B5E

accent

#4486E4

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#EAF0EC

border

#C6CBC7

text

#050B08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A3E

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

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