#165E70#165E70

#165E70 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.073 H 218.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E70
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 112)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, -14.78, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 22.08, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% -0.0569 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.073 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2570, 9.3450, 16.7474)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E70 #702816

analogous

#167055 #165E70 #163170

triadic

#165E70 #70165E #5E7016

tetradic

#165E70 #551670 #702816 #317016

square

#165E70 #551670 #702816 #317016

split-complementary

#165E70 #701631 #705516

monochromatic

#05151A #0C333D #165E70 #2089A3 #2BB3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#165E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#165E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E70

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E70	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.073 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638b99',
    500: '#165e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e70;
$custom-light: #638b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44783,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E70

secondary

#A6513C

accent

#603EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E70

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

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