#165B77#165B77

#165B77 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.080 H 230.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B77
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 119)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.95, -10.43, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.95, 24.15, 244.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% -0.0508 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.08 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4004, 8.9838, 18.7932)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B77 #773216

analogous

#167763 #165B77 #162A77

triadic

#165B77 #77165B #5B7716

tetradic

#165B77 #631677 #773216 #2A7716

square

#165B77 #631677 #773216 #2A7716

split-complementary

#165B77 #77162A #776316

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3443 #165B77 #2082AB #2FA8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#165B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B77

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B77	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5A78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.080 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64899e',
    500: '#165b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b77;
$custom-light: #64899e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.32,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44334,
    "c": 0.07962,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B77

secondary

#AC5D3C

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B77

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

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