#165B78#165B78

#165B78 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.081 H 231.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B78
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 120)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, -10.05, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 24.48, 245.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% -0.0504 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.081 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4607, 9.0079, 19.1111)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B78 #783316

analogous

#167864 #165B78 #162A78

triadic

#165B78 #78165B #5B7816

tetradic

#165B78 #641678 #783316 #2A7816

square

#165B78 #641678 #783316 #2A7816

split-complementary

#165B78 #78162A #786416

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3444 #165B78 #1F82AC #2FA7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#165B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B78

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B78	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.081 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65899f',
    500: '#165b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b78;
$custom-light: #65899f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44386,
    "c": 0.08059,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B78

secondary

#AD5E3C

accent

#703CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B78

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

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