#165A78#165A78

#165A78 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.081 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A78
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 120)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 25%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.67, -9.45, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.67, 24.71, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% -0.0494 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.081 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3758, 8.8381, 19.0828)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A78 #783416

analogous

#167865 #165A78 #162978

triadic

#165A78 #78165A #5A7816

tetradic

#165A78 #651678 #783416 #297816

square

#165A78 #651678 #783416 #297816

split-complementary

#165A78 #781629 #786516

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3344 #165A78 #1F81AC #2FA5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#165A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A78

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A78	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.081 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65889f',
    500: '#165a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a78;
$custom-light: #65889f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44124,
    "c": 0.08112,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A78

secondary

#AD5F3C

accent

#723CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A78

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

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