#165E73#165E73

#165E73 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.075 H 222.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E73
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 115)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(194, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, -13.69, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 22.66, 232.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% -0.0556 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.075 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4268, 9.4129, 17.6418)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E73 #732B16

analogous

#16735A #165E73 #163073

triadic

#165E73 #73165E #5E7316

tetradic

#165E73 #5A1673 #732B16 #307316

square

#165E73 #5A1673 #732B16 #307316

split-complementary

#165E73 #731630 #735A16

monochromatic

#05151A #0C3440 #165E73 #2088A6 #2DB0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#165E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#165E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E73

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E73	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.075 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648b9b',
    500: '#165e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e73;
$custom-light: #648b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44927,
    "c": 0.07515,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E73

secondary

#A9553C

accent

#643DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E73

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

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