#165D40#165D40

#165D40 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.084 H 161.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D40
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(155, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(155, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 31.2%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.74, -29.26, 10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.74, 31.11, 160.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0799 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.084 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1701, 8.3688, 6.1924)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D40 #5D1633

analogous

#165D1D #165D40 #16565D

triadic

#165D40 #40165D #5D4016

tetradic

#165D40 #1D165D #5D1633 #565D16

square

#165D40 #1D165D #5D1633 #565D16

split-complementary

#165D40 #5D1656 #5D1D16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A2C1E #165D40 #228E62 #2DC084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#165D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#165D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D40

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D40	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.084 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8b75',
    500: '#165d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d40;
$custom-light: #5f8b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.493,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42723,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D40

secondary

#943B5F

accent

#4385E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C08

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D40

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

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