#165F74#165F74

#165F74 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.076 H 222.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F74
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 116)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(193, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 18.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, -13.90, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 22.81, 232.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% -0.0562 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.076 222)
XYZ	xyz(7.5742, 9.6150, 17.9763)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F74 #742B16

analogous

#16745A #165F74 #163074

triadic

#165F74 #74165F #5F7416

tetradic

#165F74 #5A1674 #742B16 #307416

square

#165F74 #5A1674 #742B16 #307416

split-complementary

#165F74 #741630 #745A16

monochromatic

#05151A #0C3541 #165F74 #2089A7 #2DB1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#165F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#165F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F74

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F74	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.076 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c9c',
    500: '#165f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f74;
$custom-light: #648c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.404,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45243,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.09616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F74

secondary

#AA553C

accent

#643DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F74

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

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