#165A3F#165A3F

#165A3F is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.081 H 162.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A3F
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 63)
HSL	hsl(156, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(156, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 30%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, -28.13, 9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 29.74, 161.02°)
OKLab	oklab(41.82% -0.077 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(41.82% 0.081 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8837, 7.8412, 5.9578)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A3F #5A1631

analogous

#165A1D #165A3F #16535A

triadic

#165A3F #3F165A #5A3F16

tetradic

#165A3F #1D165A #5A1631 #535A16

square

#165A3F #1D165A #5A1631 #535A16

split-complementary

#165A3F #5A1653 #5A1D16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A291D #165A3F #228B61 #2EBC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#165A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#165A3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A3F

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A3F	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)

#58533D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.081 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8974',
    500: '#165a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a3f;
$custom-light: #5e8974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4182,
    "c": 0.08085,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A3F

secondary

#913B5D

accent

#4483E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A3F

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

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