Palettes / Colors / #166115

#166115 — Deep Green

#166115 is a green color we call Deep Green, closest to the named color DarkGreen (#006400). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgreen (#006400) — not an exact match. CSS darkgreen gives you #006400, a different color; use #166115 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#166115 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #5F1560; it also sits naturally between #3C6015 and #156039. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 9% · Green 38% · Blue 8%

Cyan 77% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 78% · Key 62%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #166115

.text { color: #166115; }
.background { background-color: #166115; }
.border { border: 3px solid #166115; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(22, 97, 21); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(119, 64%, 23%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #166115; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(22, 97, 21, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #166115; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(22, 97, 21, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#166115">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#166115">Div content here</div>

Shades of #166115

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Tones of #166115

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5F1560:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #166115: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #166115

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #166115 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #166115 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #166115?

#166115 is Deep Green, a green color (RGB 22, 97, 21). Its closest standard named color is DarkGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #166115?

#166115 is RGB 22, 97, 21 — HSL 119°, 64%, 23% — CMYK 77%, 0%, 78%, 62%.

What colors go with #166115?

Its complement is #5F1560; analogous partners are #3C6015 and #156039. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #166115 for text?

White text on #166115 has a contrast ratio of 7.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.75:1.