#165C74#165C74

#165C74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.076 H 226.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C74
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 116)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 20.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.15, -12.15, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.15, 23.08, 238.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% -0.0531 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.076 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3091, 9.0849, 17.8880)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C74 #742E16

analogous

#16745D #165C74 #162D74

triadic

#165C74 #74165C #5C7416

tetradic

#165C74 #5D1674 #742E16 #2D7416

square

#165C74 #5D1674 #742E16 #2D7416

split-complementary

#165C74 #74162D #745D16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3341 #165C74 #2085A7 #2DACD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#165C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C74

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C74	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.076 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648a9c',
    500: '#165c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c74;
$custom-light: #648a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44444,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C74

secondary

#AA583C

accent

#693DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C74

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

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