#165A73#165A73

#165A73 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.076 H 227.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A73
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 115)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, -11.34, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 23.08, 240.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% -0.0514 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.076 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0803, 8.7198, 17.5263)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A73 #732F16

analogous

#16735E #165A73 #162C73

triadic

#165A73 #73165A #5A7316

tetradic

#165A73 #5E1673 #732F16 #2C7316

square

#165A73 #5E1673 #732F16 #2C7316

split-complementary

#165A73 #73162C #735E16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3240 #165A73 #2082A6 #2DA9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#165A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#165A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A73

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A73	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.076 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64889b',
    500: '#165a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a73;
$custom-light: #64889b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.129,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43863,
    "c": 0.07634,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A73

secondary

#A9593C

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A73

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

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