#165D21#165D21

#165D21 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.116 H 145.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D21
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 33)
HSL	hsl(129, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(129, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.21, -35.27, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.21, 44.90, 141.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% -0.0952 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.116 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5194, 8.1086, 2.7655)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D21 #5D1652

analogous

#2E5D16 #165D21 #165D45

triadic

#165D21 #21165D #5D2116

tetradic

#165D21 #162E5D #5D1652 #5D4516

square

#165D21 #162E5D #5D1652 #5D4516

split-complementary

#165D21 #45165D #5D162E

monochromatic

#061909 #0A2C0F #165D21 #228E33 #2DC044

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#165D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#165D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D21

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D21	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)

#5F541B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.116 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8c5e',
    500: '#165d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d21;
$custom-light: #5f8c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.296,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42111,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D21

secondary

#943B86

accent

#43CCE5

background

#F5F8F5

surface

#EAF0E9

border

#C6CBC5

text

#050C04

muted

#797D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D21

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

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