#165E40#165E40

#165E40 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.086 H 160.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E40
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(155, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(155, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 31.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, -29.71, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 31.70, 159.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% -0.081 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.086 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2585, 8.5455, 6.2218)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E40 #5E1634

analogous

#165E1C #165E40 #16585E

triadic

#165E40 #40165E #5E4016

tetradic

#165E40 #1C165E #5E1634 #585E16

square

#165E40 #1C165E #5E1634 #585E16

split-complementary

#165E40 #5E1658 #5E1C16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A2C1E #165E40 #229062 #2DC184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#165E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E40

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E40	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D563E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.086 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8c75',
    500: '#165e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e40;
$custom-light: #5f8c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43014,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E40

secondary

#953B60

accent

#4386E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C08

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E40

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

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