#165B74#165B74

#165B74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.077 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165B74
RGBrgb(22, 91, 116)
HSLhsl(196, 68%, 27%)
HSVhsv(196, 81%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(81%, 21.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LABlab(35.82, -11.56, -20.14)
CIE-LCHlch(35.82, 23.22, 240.15°)
OKLaboklab(44.18% -0.052 -0.0566)
OKLCHoklch(44.18% 0.077 227.4)
XYZxyz(7.2231, 8.9128, 17.8593)
Luminance0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165B74 #742F16
analogous
#16745E #165B74 #162C74
triadic
#165B74 #74165B #5B7416
tetradic
#165B74 #5E1674 #742F16 #2C7416
square
#165B74 #5E1674 #742F16 #2C7416
split-complementary
#165B74 #74162C #745E16
monochromatic
#05141A #0C3341 #165B74 #2083A7 #2DAAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55
#165B74 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78
#165B74 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B74
7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165B74#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165B741.007.552.787.55
#FFFFFF7.551.0021.001.00
#0000002.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.551.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4E5975
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#415074
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006263
Achromatopsia (no color)
#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.077 227.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64899c',
    500: '#165b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165b74;
$custom-light: #64899c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.957,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44179,
    "c": 0.07685,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165B74
secondary
#AA593C
accent
#6B3DEB
background
#F6F8F9
surface
#EBF0F2
border
#C6CBCC
text
#060B0E
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

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#165B74 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva