#165C75#165C75

#165C75 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.077 H 227.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C75
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 117)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.19, -11.78, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.19, 23.36, 239.73°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% -0.0527 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.077 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3676, 9.1083, 18.1960)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C75 #752F16

analogous

#16755E #165C75 #162D75

triadic

#165C75 #75165C #5C7516

tetradic

#165C75 #5E1675 #752F16 #2D7516

square

#165C75 #5E1675 #752F16 #2D7516

split-complementary

#165C75 #75162D #755E16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3341 #165C75 #2085A9 #2EABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#165C75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165C75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C75

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C75	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.077 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648a9d',
    500: '#165c75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c75;
$custom-light: #648a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44495,
    "c": 0.07735,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C75

secondary

#AB593C

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C75

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

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