#165C38#165C38

#165C38 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.091 H 156.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C38
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(149, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(149, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 39.1%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.21, -30.70, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.21, 34.04, 154.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% -0.083 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.091 156)
XYZ	xyz(4.8714, 8.1098, 5.0492)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C38 #5C163A

analogous

#175C16 #165C38 #165C5B

triadic

#165C38 #38165C #5C3816

tetradic

#165C38 #16175C #5C163A #5C5B16

square

#165C38 #16175C #5C163A #5C5B16

split-complementary

#165C38 #5B165C #5C1617

monochromatic

#06190F #0A2B1A #165C38 #228D56 #2EBF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#165C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#165C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C38

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C38	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.091 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8b6f',
    500: '#165c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c38;
$custom-light: #5e8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42231,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.0811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C38

secondary

#933B68

accent

#4396E5

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#EAF0EC

border

#C6CBC7

text

#050C07

muted

#797D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C38

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

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