#165A72#165A72

#165A72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.075 H 226.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A72
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.39, -11.71, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.39, 22.80, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% -0.0518 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.075 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0231, 8.6970, 17.2249)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A72 #722E16

analogous

#16725C #165A72 #162C72

triadic

#165A72 #72165A #5A7216

tetradic

#165A72 #5C1672 #722E16 #2C7216

square

#165A72 #5C1672 #722E16 #2C7216

split-complementary

#165A72 #72162C #725C16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C323F #165A72 #2083A5 #2CAAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#165A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#165A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A72

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A72	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.075 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63889a',
    500: '#165a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a72;
$custom-light: #63889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43812,
    "c": 0.07547,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A72

secondary

#A8583C

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A72

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

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