#165B40#165B40

#165B40 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.081 H 162.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B40
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(157, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(157, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 29.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, -28.34, 9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 29.91, 161.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% -0.0776 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.081 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9969, 8.0223, 6.1346)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B40 #5B1631

analogous

#165B1E #165B40 #16545B

triadic

#165B40 #40165B #5B4016

tetradic

#165B40 #1E165B #5B1631 #545B16

square

#165B40 #1E165B #5B1631 #545B16

split-complementary

#165B40 #5B1654 #5B1E16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A2A1D #165B40 #228C63 #2EBE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#165B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#165B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B40

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B40	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59543E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.081 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8a74',
    500: '#165b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b40;
$custom-light: #5e8a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4214,
    "c": 0.08136,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B40

secondary

#923B5D

accent

#4482E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C08

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B40

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

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