#165C42#165C42

#165C42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.081 H 163.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C42
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(158, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(158, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 28.3%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, -28.29, 8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 29.66, 162.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0777 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.081 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1408, 8.2176, 6.4684)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C42 #5C1630

analogous

#165C1F #165C42 #16535C

triadic

#165C42 #42165C #5C4216

tetradic

#165C42 #1F165C #5C1630 #535C16

square

#165C42 #1F165C #5C1630 #535C16

split-complementary

#165C42 #5C1653 #5C1F16

monochromatic

#061912 #0A2B1F #165C42 #228D65 #2EBF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#165C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#165C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C42

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C42	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.081 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b76',
    500: '#165c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c42;
$custom-light: #5f8b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42486,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C42

secondary

#933B5C

accent

#437FE5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C08

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C42

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

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