#165A48#165A48

#165A48 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.073 H 171.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A48
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 20%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, -25.72, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 26.09, 170.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% -0.0721 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.073 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1561, 7.9502, 7.3924)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A48 #5A1628

analogous

#165A26 #165A48 #164A5A

triadic

#165A48 #48165A #5A4816

tetradic

#165A48 #26165A #5A1628 #4A5A16

square

#165A48 #26165A #5A1628 #4A5A16

split-complementary

#165A48 #5A164A #5A2616

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2921 #165A48 #228B6F #2EBC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#165A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#165A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A48

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A48	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.073 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e897b',
    500: '#165a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a48;
$custom-light: #5e897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42084,
    "c": 0.073,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A48

secondary

#913B52

accent

#446EE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A48

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

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