#165C77#165C77

#165C77 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.079 H 229.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C77
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 119)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, -11.03, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 23.96, 242.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% -0.0519 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.079 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4864, 9.1559, 18.8219)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C77 #773116

analogous

#167761 #165C77 #162C77

triadic

#165C77 #77165C #5C7716

tetradic

#165C77 #611677 #773116 #2C7716

square

#165C77 #611677 #773116 #2C7716

split-complementary

#165C77 #77162C #776116

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3443 #165C77 #2084AB #2FA9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#165C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#165C77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C77

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C77	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5A78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.079 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648a9e',
    500: '#165c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c77;
$custom-light: #648a9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44597,
    "c": 0.07915,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C77

secondary

#AC5C3C

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C77

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

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