#165B39#165B39

#165B39 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.088 H 157.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B39
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 57)
HSL	hsl(150, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(150, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 37.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, -30.03, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 32.99, 155.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% -0.0814 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.088 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8100, 7.9476, 5.1506)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B39 #5B1638

analogous

#165B17 #165B39 #165B5B

triadic

#165B39 #39165B #5B3916

tetradic

#165B39 #17165B #5B1638 #5B5B16

square

#165B39 #17165B #5B1638 #5B5B16

split-complementary

#165B39 #5B165B #5B1716

monochromatic

#06190F #0A2A1A #165B39 #228C58 #2EBE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#165B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#165B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B39

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B39	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)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.088 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8a6f',
    500: '#165b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b39;
$custom-light: #5e8a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.435,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4196,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B39

secondary

#923B66

accent

#4493E4

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#EAF0EC

border

#C6CBC7

text

#050C07

muted

#797D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B39

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

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