#165A41#165A41

#165A41 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.079 H 164.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A41
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 65)
HSL	hsl(158, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(158, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 27.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, -27.61, 8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 28.89, 162.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% -0.0759 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.079 164)
XYZ	xyz(4.9406, 7.8640, 6.2575)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A41 #5A162F

analogous

#165A1F #165A41 #16515A

triadic

#165A41 #41165A #5A4116

tetradic

#165A41 #1F165A #5A162F #515A16

square

#165A41 #1F165A #5A162F #515A16

split-complementary

#165A41 #5A1651 #5A1F16

monochromatic

#061912 #0A291D #165A41 #228B65 #2EBC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#165A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#165A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A41

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A41	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.079 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8975',
    500: '#165a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a41;
$custom-light: #5e8975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.941,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41876,
    "c": 0.07895,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A41

secondary

#913B5A

accent

#447FE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A41

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

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