#165D78#165D78

#165D78 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.080 H 228.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D78
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 120)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 22.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, -11.24, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 24.09, 242.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.91% -0.0525 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(44.91% 0.08 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6340, 9.3544, 19.1689)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D78 #783116

analogous

#167862 #165D78 #162C78

triadic

#165D78 #78165D #5D7816

tetradic

#165D78 #621678 #783116 #2C7816

square

#165D78 #621678 #783116 #2C7816

split-complementary

#165D78 #78162C #786216

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3544 #165D78 #1F85AC #2FAAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#165D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#165D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D78

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D78	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.080 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b9f',
    500: '#165d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d78;
$custom-light: #658b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44913,
    "c": 0.07964,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D78

secondary

#AD5C3C

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D78

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

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