#165E72#165E72

#165E72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.074 H 221.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E72
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(193, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, -14.05, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 22.45, 231.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% -0.056 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.074 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3696, 9.3900, 17.3404)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E72 #722A16

analogous

#167258 #165E72 #163072

triadic

#165E72 #72165E #5E7216

tetradic

#165E72 #581672 #722A16 #307216

square

#165E72 #581672 #722A16 #307216

split-complementary

#165E72 #721630 #725816

monochromatic

#05151A #0C343F #165E72 #2088A5 #2CB1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#165E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#165E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E72

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E72	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.074 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648b9a',
    500: '#165e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e72;
$custom-light: #648b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44879,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E72

secondary

#A8533C

accent

#633DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E72

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

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