#165A40#165A40

#165A40 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.080 H 163.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A40
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(157, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(157, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 28.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, -27.87, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 29.32, 161.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% -0.0764 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.08 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9119, 7.8525, 6.1063)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A40 #5A1630

analogous

#165A1E #165A40 #16525A

triadic

#165A40 #40165A #5A4016

tetradic

#165A40 #1E165A #5A1630 #525A16

square

#165A40 #1E165A #5A1630 #525A16

split-complementary

#165A40 #5A1652 #5A1E16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A291D #165A40 #228B63 #2EBC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#165A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#165A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A40

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A40	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58533F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.080 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8974',
    500: '#165a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a40;
$custom-light: #5e8974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41848,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A40

secondary

#913B5C

accent

#4481E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A40

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

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