#165165#165165

#165165 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.067 H 225.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165165
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 101)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, -11.20, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 20.35, 236.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% -0.0474 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.067 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6213, 6.9944, 13.3632)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165165 #652A16

analogous

#166552 #165165 #162A65

triadic

#165165 #651651 #516516

tetradic

#165165 #521665 #652A16 #2A6516

square

#165165 #521665 #652A16 #2A6516

split-complementary

#165165 #65162A #655216

monochromatic

#051419 #0B2933 #165165 #217997 #2CA2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#165165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#165165 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165165

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165165	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464F66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.067 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608291',
    500: '#165165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165165;
$custom-light: #608291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40736,
    "c": 0.0672,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165165

secondary

#9C543B

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #165165

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

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