#165E48#165E48

#165E48 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.078 H 167.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E48
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(162, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(162, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 23.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.29, -27.64, 6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.29, 28.38, 166.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0767 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.078 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5027, 8.6432, 7.5079)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E48 #5E162C

analogous

#165E24 #165E48 #16505E

triadic

#165E48 #48165E #5E4816

tetradic

#165E48 #24165E #5E162C #505E16

square

#165E48 #24165E #5E162C #505E16

split-complementary

#165E48 #5E1650 #5E2416

monochromatic

#061913 #0A2C22 #165E48 #22906E #2DC194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#165E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E48

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E48	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.078 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8c7b',
    500: '#165e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e48;
$custom-light: #5f8c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43237,
    "c": 0.07848,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E48

secondary

#953B56

accent

#4374E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C09

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E48

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

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