#165B70#165B70

#165B70 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.074 H 223.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B70
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 112)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.64, -13.04, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.64, 22.18, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% -0.0537 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.074 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9954, 8.8217, 16.6602)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B70 #702B16

analogous

#167058 #165B70 #162E70

triadic

#165B70 #70165B #5B7016

tetradic

#165B70 #581670 #702B16 #2E7016

square

#165B70 #581670 #702B16 #2E7016

split-complementary

#165B70 #70162E #705816

monochromatic

#05151A #0C313D #165B70 #2085A3 #2BAED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#165B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B70

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B70	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.074 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638999',
    500: '#165b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b70;
$custom-light: #638999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43979,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B70

secondary

#A6553C

accent

#663EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B70

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

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