#165A70#165A70

#165A70 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.074 H 224.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A70
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 112)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, -12.46, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 22.27, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% -0.0526 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.074 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9105, 8.6519, 16.6319)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A70 #702C16

analogous

#167059 #165A70 #162D70

triadic

#165A70 #70165A #5A7016

tetradic

#165A70 #591670 #702C16 #2D7016

square

#165A70 #591670 #702C16 #2D7016

split-complementary

#165A70 #70162D #705916

monochromatic

#05151A #0C313D #165A70 #2083A3 #2BACD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#165A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A70

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A70	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)

#4E5871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.074 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638899',
    500: '#165a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a70;
$custom-light: #638899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43711,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A70

secondary

#A6563C

accent

#683EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A70

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

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