#165E49#165E49

#165E49 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.078 H 168.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E49
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(163, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(163, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 22.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, -27.37, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 27.99, 167.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0762 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.078 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5355, 8.6564, 7.6811)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E49 #5E162B

analogous

#165E25 #165E49 #164F5E

triadic

#165E49 #49165E #5E4916

tetradic

#165E49 #25165E #5E162B #4F5E16

square

#165E49 #25165E #5E162B #4F5E16

split-complementary

#165E49 #5E164F #5E2516

monochromatic

#061913 #0A2C22 #165E49 #229070 #2DC196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#165E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E49

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E49	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52504A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.078 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8c7b',
    500: '#165e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e49;
$custom-light: #5f8c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43267,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E49

secondary

#953B55

accent

#4372E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#050C09

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E49

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

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