#165C49#165C49

#165C49 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.075 H 170.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C49
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 73)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, -26.41, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 26.85, 169.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% -0.0739 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.075 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3600, 8.3053, 7.6226)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C49 #5C1629

analogous

#165C26 #165C49 #164C5C

triadic

#165C49 #49165C #5C4916

tetradic

#165C49 #26165C #5C1629 #4C5C16

square

#165C49 #26165C #5C1629 #4C5C16

split-complementary

#165C49 #5C164C #5C2616

monochromatic

#061914 #0A2B22 #165C49 #228D70 #2EBF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#165C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#165C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C49

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C49	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.075 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b7b',
    500: '#165c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c49;
$custom-light: #5f8b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42691,
    "c": 0.07493,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C49

secondary

#933B53

accent

#436FE5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C09

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C49

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

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