#165E78#165E78

#165E78 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.079 H 227.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E78
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 120)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, -11.84, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 23.93, 240.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% -0.0535 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.079 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7223, 9.5311, 19.1983)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E78 #783016

analogous

#167861 #165E78 #162D78

triadic

#165E78 #78165E #5E7816

tetradic

#165E78 #611678 #783016 #2D7816

square

#165E78 #611678 #783016 #2D7816

split-complementary

#165E78 #78162D #786116

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3544 #165E78 #1F87AC #2FACD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#165E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#165E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E78

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E78	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.079 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b9f',
    500: '#165e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e78;
$custom-light: #658b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45176,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E78

secondary

#AD5A3C

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E78

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

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