#165B73#165B73

#165B73 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.076 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B73
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 115)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, -11.93, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 22.94, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% -0.0524 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.076 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1652, 8.8897, 17.5546)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B73 #732E16

analogous

#16735D #165B73 #162D73

triadic

#165B73 #73165B #5B7316

tetradic

#165B73 #5D1673 #732E16 #2D7316

square

#165B73 #5D1673 #732E16 #2D7316

split-complementary

#165B73 #73162D #735D16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3240 #165B73 #2084A6 #2DABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#165B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#165B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B73

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B73	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.076 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64899b',
    500: '#165b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b73;
$custom-light: #64899b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44128,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B73

secondary

#A9583C

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B73

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

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