#165F72#165F72

#165F72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.074 H 219.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F72
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 114)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(192, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, -14.63, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 22.42, 229.28°)
OKLab	oklab(45.15% -0.0571 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(45.15% 0.074 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4591, 9.5690, 17.3702)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F72 #722916

analogous

#167257 #165F72 #163172

triadic

#165F72 #72165F #5F7216

tetradic

#165F72 #571672 #722916 #317216

square

#165F72 #571672 #722916 #317216

split-complementary

#165F72 #721631 #725716

monochromatic

#05151A #0C343F #165F72 #208AA5 #2CB3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#165F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#165F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F72

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F72	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.074 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c9a',
    500: '#165f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f72;
$custom-light: #648c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.391,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45146,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F72

secondary

#A8523C

accent

#613DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F72

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

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