#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
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 116)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 21.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.82, -11.56, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.82, 23.22, 240.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% -0.052 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.077 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2231, 8.9128, 17.8593)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##165B74	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #165B74

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

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