#165B75#165B75

#165B75 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.078 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B75
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 117)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -11.18, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 23.52, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% -0.0516 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.078 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2815, 8.9362, 18.1673)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B75 #753016

analogous

#167560 #165B75 #162C75

triadic

#165B75 #75165B #5B7516

tetradic

#165B75 #601675 #753016 #2C7516

square

#165B75 #601675 #753016 #2C7516

split-complementary

#165B75 #75162C #756016

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3341 #165B75 #2083A9 #2EA9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#165B75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165B75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B75

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B75	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.078 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64899d',
    500: '#165b75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b75;
$custom-light: #64899d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.421,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4423,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B75

secondary

#AB5A3C

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B75

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

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