#165A68#165A68

#165A68 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.068 H 214.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A68
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 104)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.97, -15.37, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.97, 20.79, 222.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% -0.0561 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.068 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4847, 8.4816, 14.3894)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A68 #682416

analogous

#16684D #165A68 #163168

triadic

#165A68 #68165A #5A6816

tetradic

#165A68 #4D1668 #682416 #316816

square

#165A68 #4D1668 #682416 #316816

split-complementary

#165A68 #681631 #684D16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2E35 #165A68 #21869B #2BB1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#165A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A68

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A68	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.068 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628893',
    500: '#165a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a68;
$custom-light: #628893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43327,
    "c": 0.06832,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A68

secondary

#9F4C3B

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A68

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

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