#165D72#165D72

#165D72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.075 H 222.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D72
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 114)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(194, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, -13.47, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 22.50, 233.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% -0.055 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.075 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2812, 9.2133, 17.3109)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D72 #722B16

analogous

#167259 #165D72 #162F72

triadic

#165D72 #72165D #5D7216

tetradic

#165D72 #591672 #722B16 #2F7216

square

#165D72 #591672 #722B16 #2F7216

split-complementary

#165D72 #72162F #725916

monochromatic

#05151A #0C333F #165D72 #2087A5 #2CAFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#165D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#165D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D72

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D72	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.075 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648b9a',
    500: '#165d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d72;
$custom-light: #648b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.696,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44611,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D72

secondary

#A8553C

accent

#653DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D72

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

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