#165A69#165A69

#165A69 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.069 H 216.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A69
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 105)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 14.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, -15.01, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 20.92, 224.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% -0.0556 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.069 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5358, 8.5020, 14.6585)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A69 #692516

analogous

#16694E #165A69 #163169

triadic

#165A69 #69165A #5A6916

tetradic

#165A69 #4E1669 #692516 #316916

square

#165A69 #4E1669 #692516 #316916

split-complementary

#165A69 #691631 #694E16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2F36 #165A69 #21859C #2BB1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#165A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A69

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A69	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50576A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.069 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628894',
    500: '#165a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a69;
$custom-light: #628894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.843,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43373,
    "c": 0.06889,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A69

secondary

#9F4D3B

accent

#5E3FE8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A69

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

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