#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
RGBrgb(22, 90, 65)
HSLhsl(158, 61%, 22%)
HSVhsv(158, 76%, 35%)
CMYKcmyk(75.6%, 0%, 27.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LABlab(33.70, -27.61, 8.51)
CIE-LCHlch(33.70, 28.89, 162.88°)
OKLaboklab(41.88% -0.0759 0.0217)
OKLCHoklch(41.88% 0.079 164)
XYZxyz(4.9406, 7.8640, 6.2575)
Luminance0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##165A411.008.162.578.16
#FFFFFF8.161.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.161.0021.001.00

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

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#165A41 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva