#165E38#165E38

#165E38 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.094 H 155.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E38
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(148, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(148, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 40.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, -31.57, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 35.25, 153.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% -0.0853 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.094 155.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0469, 8.4609, 5.1078)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E38 #5E163C

analogous

#185E16 #165E38 #165E5C

triadic

#165E38 #38165E #5E3816

tetradic

#165E38 #16185E #5E163C #5E5C16

square

#165E38 #16185E #5E163C #5E5C16

split-complementary

#165E38 #5C165E #5E1618

monochromatic

#06190F #0A2C1A #165E38 #229056 #2DC173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#165E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#165E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E38

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E38	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55503B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.094 155.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8c6f',
    500: '#165e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e38;
$custom-light: #5f8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42819,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 155.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E38

secondary

#953B6A

accent

#4398E5

background

#F5F8F6

surface

#EAF0EC

border

#C6CBC7

text

#050C07

muted

#797D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E38

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

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