#165E41#165E41

#165E41 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.085 H 161.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E41
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 65)
HSL	hsl(156, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(156, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 30.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, -29.46, 10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 31.27, 160.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% -0.0805 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.085 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2872, 8.5570, 6.3730)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E41 #5E1633

analogous

#165E1D #165E41 #16575E

triadic

#165E41 #41165E #5E4116

tetradic

#165E41 #1D165E #5E1633 #575E16

square

#165E41 #1D165E #5E1633 #575E16

split-complementary

#165E41 #5E1657 #5E1D16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A2C1F #165E41 #229063 #2DC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#165E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E41

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E41	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.085 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8c75',
    500: '#165e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e41;
$custom-light: #5f8c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43041,
    "c": 0.08481,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E41

secondary

#953B5F

accent

#4384E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C08

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E41

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

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