#165F42#165F42

#165F42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.085 H 162.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F42
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(156, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(156, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 30.5%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, -29.67, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 31.44, 160.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% -0.0811 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.085 162)
XYZ	xyz(5.4059, 8.7477, 6.5568)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F42 #5F1633

analogous

#165F1D #165F42 #16575F

triadic

#165F42 #42165F #5F4216

tetradic

#165F42 #1D165F #5F1633 #575F16

square

#165F42 #1D165F #5F1633 #575F16

split-complementary

#165F42 #5F1657 #5F1D16

monochromatic

#061911 #0A2D1F #165F42 #229165 #2DC287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#165F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F42

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F42	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.085 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8d76',
    500: '#165f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f42;
$custom-light: #5f8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.164,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43358,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.08748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F42

secondary

#963B5F

accent

#4283E5

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050C08

muted

#797D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F42

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

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