#165A49#165A49

#165A49 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.072 H 172.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A49
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(165, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 18.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, -25.43, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 25.72, 171.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% -0.0716 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.072 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1890, 7.9633, 7.5656)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A49 #5A1627

analogous

#165A27 #165A49 #16495A

triadic

#165A49 #49165A #5A4916

tetradic

#165A49 #27165A #5A1627 #495A16

square

#165A49 #27165A #5A1627 #495A16

split-complementary

#165A49 #5A1649 #5A2716

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2921 #165A49 #228B71 #2EBC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#165A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#165A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A49

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A49	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.072 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e897b',
    500: '#165a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a49;
$custom-light: #5e897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42115,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A49

secondary

#913B50

accent

#446CE4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A49

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

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