#165A74#165A74

#165A74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.077 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A74
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 116)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 22.4%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, -10.96, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 23.38, 242.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% -0.051 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.077 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1381, 8.7430, 17.8310)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A74 #743016

analogous

#16745F #165A74 #162B74

triadic

#165A74 #74165A #5A7416

tetradic

#165A74 #5F1674 #743016 #2B7416

square

#165A74 #5F1674 #743016 #2B7416

split-complementary

#165A74 #74162B #745F16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3241 #165A74 #2082A7 #2DA8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#165A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A74

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A74	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.077 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64889c',
    500: '#165a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a74;
$custom-light: #64889c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43914,
    "c": 0.07725,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A74

secondary

#AA5A3C

accent

#6D3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A74

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

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