#165D73#165D73

#165D73 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.075 H 223.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D73
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 115)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(194, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, -13.11, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 22.73, 234.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% -0.0545 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.075 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3385, 9.2362, 17.6123)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D73 #732C16

analogous

#16735B #165D73 #162E73

triadic

#165D73 #73165D #5D7316

tetradic

#165D73 #5B1673 #732C16 #2E7316

square

#165D73 #5B1673 #732C16 #2E7316

split-complementary

#165D73 #73162E #735B16

monochromatic

#05151A #0C3340 #165D73 #2087A6 #2DAFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#165D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#165D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D73

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D73	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.075 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648b9b',
    500: '#165d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d73;
$custom-light: #648b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.194,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44661,
    "c": 0.07538,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D73

secondary

#A9563C

accent

#663DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D73

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

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