#165E76#165E76

#165E76 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.078 H 225.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E76
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 118)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, -12.58, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 23.37, 237.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% -0.0543 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.078 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6022, 9.4831, 18.5658)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E76 #762E16

analogous

#16765E #165E76 #162E76

triadic

#165E76 #76165E #5E7616

tetradic

#165E76 #5E1676 #762E16 #2E7616

square

#165E76 #5E1676 #762E16 #2E7616

split-complementary

#165E76 #76162E #765E16

monochromatic

#05151A #0C3542 #165E76 #2087AA #2EAED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#165E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#165E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E76

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E76	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.078 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648b9d',
    500: '#165e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e76;
$custom-light: #648b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45075,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E76

secondary

#AC583C

accent

#683CEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E76

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

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