#165E77#165E77

#165E77 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.078 H 226.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E77
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 119)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(195, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 21%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, -12.21, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 23.64, 238.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.13% -0.0539 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(45.13% 0.078 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6620, 9.5070, 18.8804)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E77 #772F16

analogous

#16775F #165E77 #162D77

triadic

#165E77 #77165E #5E7716

tetradic

#165E77 #5F1677 #772F16 #2D7716

square

#165E77 #5F1677 #772F16 #2D7716

split-complementary

#165E77 #77162D #775F16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C3543 #165E77 #2087AB #2FADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#165E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#165E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E77

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E77	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.078 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b9e',
    500: '#165e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e77;
$custom-light: #658b9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45126,
    "c": 0.07837,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E77

secondary

#AC593C

accent

#693CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E77

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

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