#165D38#165D38

#165D38 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.092 H 155.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D38
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 56)
HSL	hsl(149, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(149, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 39.8%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, -31.14, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 34.65, 153.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% -0.0842 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.092 155.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9586, 8.2842, 5.0783)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D38 #5D163B

analogous

#185D16 #165D38 #165D5B

triadic

#165D38 #38165D #5D3816

tetradic

#165D38 #16185D #5D163B #5D5B16

square

#165D38 #16185D #5D163B #5D5B16

split-complementary

#165D38 #5B165D #5D1618

monochromatic

#06190F #0A2C1A #165D38 #228E56 #2DC074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#165D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#165D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D38

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D38	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.092 155.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b6f',
    500: '#165d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d38;
$custom-light: #5f8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.732,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42525,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 155.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D38

secondary

#943B69

accent

#4397E5

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#EAF0EC

border

#C6CBC7

text

#050C07

muted

#797D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D38

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

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