#165A42#165A42

#165A42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.078 H 165.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A42
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(159, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(159, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 26.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, -27.35, 7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 28.47, 163.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% -0.0754 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.078 165)
XYZ	xyz(4.9699, 7.8757, 6.4114)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A42 #5A162E

analogous

#165A20 #165A42 #16505A

triadic

#165A42 #42165A #5A4216

tetradic

#165A42 #20165A #5A162E #505A16

square

#165A42 #20165A #5A162E #505A16

split-complementary

#165A42 #5A1650 #5A2016

monochromatic

#061912 #0A291E #165A42 #228B66 #2EBC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#165A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#165A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A42

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A42	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.078 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8976',
    500: '#165a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a42;
$custom-light: #5e8976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41904,
    "c": 0.07804,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.07876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A42

secondary

#913B59

accent

#447CE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A42

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

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