#165A71#165A71

#165A71 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.075 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A71
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 113)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, -12.09, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 22.52, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% -0.0522 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.075 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9664, 8.6743, 16.9267)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A71 #712D16

analogous

#16715B #165A71 #162D71

triadic

#165A71 #71165A #5A7116

tetradic

#165A71 #5B1671 #712D16 #2D7116

square

#165A71 #5B1671 #712D16 #2D7116

split-complementary

#165A71 #71162D #715B16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C313E #165A71 #2083A4 #2CABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#165A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A71

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A71	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.075 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63889a',
    500: '#165a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a71;
$custom-light: #63889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.165,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43761,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A71

secondary

#A7573C

accent

#693EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A71

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

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