#165C78#165C78

#165C78 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.080 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C78
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 120)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, -10.65, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 24.27, 243.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% -0.0515 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.08 230)
XYZ	xyz(7.5468, 9.1800, 19.1398)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C78 #783216

analogous

#167863 #165C78 #162B78

triadic

#165C78 #78165C #5C7816

tetradic

#165C78 #631678 #783216 #2B7816

square

#165C78 #631678 #783216 #2B7816

split-complementary

#165C78 #78162B #786316

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3444 #165C78 #1F84AC #2FA9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#165C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#165C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C78

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C78	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.080 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658a9f',
    500: '#165c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c78;
$custom-light: #658a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44649,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.09181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C78

secondary

#AD5D3C

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C78

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

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