#165A80#165A80

#165A80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.090 H 238.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A80
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 128)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(202, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.06, -6.37, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.06, 27.88, 256.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% -0.0465 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.09 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8818, 9.0404, 21.7475)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A80 #803C16

analogous

#168071 #165A80 #162580

triadic

#165A80 #80165A #5A8016

tetradic

#165A80 #711680 #803C16 #258016

square

#165A80 #711680 #803C16 #258016

split-complementary

#165A80 #801625 #807116

monochromatic

#04121A #0D354C #165A80 #1F7FB4 #34A0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#165A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#165A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A80

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A80	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A507F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.090 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6688a5',
    500: '#165a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a80;
$custom-light: #6688a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44564,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A80

secondary

#B5683D

accent

#7B3AED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A80

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

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