#165A75#165A75

#165A75 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.078 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A75
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 117)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, -10.59, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 23.70, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0506 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.078 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1966, 8.7664, 18.1390)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A75 #753116

analogous

#167561 #165A75 #162A75

triadic

#165A75 #75165A #5A7516

tetradic

#165A75 #611675 #753116 #2A7516

square

#165A75 #611675 #753116 #2A7516

split-complementary

#165A75 #75162A #756116

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3241 #165A75 #2082A9 #2EA7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#165A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A75

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A75	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.078 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64889d',
    500: '#165a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a75;
$custom-light: #64889d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.053,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43966,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A75

secondary

#AB5C3C

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A75

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

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