#165B46#165B46

#165B46 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.076 H 168.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B46
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 70)
HSL	hsl(162, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(162, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 23.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.18, -26.76, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.18, 27.44, 167.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% -0.0744 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.076 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1769, 8.0943, 7.0827)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B46 #5B162B

analogous

#165B24 #165B46 #164E5B

triadic

#165B46 #46165B #5B4616

tetradic

#165B46 #24165B #5B162B #4E5B16

square

#165B46 #24165B #5B162B #4E5B16

split-complementary

#165B46 #5B164E #5B2416

monochromatic

#061913 #0A2A20 #165B46 #228C6C #2EBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#165B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#165B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B46

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B46	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.076 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8a79',
    500: '#165b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b46;
$custom-light: #5e8a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42311,
    "c": 0.07598,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B46

secondary

#923B55

accent

#4474E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C09

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B46

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

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