#165D74#165D74

#165D74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.076 H 224.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D74
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 116)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 19.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, -12.74, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 22.97, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0541 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.076 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3963, 9.2593, 17.9170)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D74 #742D16

analogous

#16745C #165D74 #162E74

triadic

#165D74 #74165D #5D7416

tetradic

#165D74 #5C1674 #742D16 #2E7416

square

#165D74 #5C1674 #742D16 #2E7416

split-complementary

#165D74 #74162E #745C16

monochromatic

#05151A #0C3441 #165D74 #2086A7 #2DAED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#165D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#165D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D74

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D74	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.076 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648b9c',
    500: '#165d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d74;
$custom-light: #648b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.681,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4471,
    "c": 0.07618,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D74

secondary

#AA573C

accent

#673DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D74

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

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