#165B76#165B76

#165B76 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.079 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B76
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 118)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, -10.81, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 23.83, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% -0.0512 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.079 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3406, 8.9599, 18.4786)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B76 #763116

analogous

#167661 #165B76 #162B76

triadic

#165B76 #76165B #5B7616

tetradic

#165B76 #611676 #763116 #2B7616

square

#165B76 #611676 #763116 #2B7616

split-complementary

#165B76 #76162B #766116

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3342 #165B76 #2083AA #2EA8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#165B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B76

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B76	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.079 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64899d',
    500: '#165b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b76;
$custom-light: #64899d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44282,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B76

secondary

#AC5C3C

accent

#6E3CEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B76

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

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