#165A6A#165A6A

#165A6A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.069 H 217.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A6A
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 106)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.05, -14.65, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.05, 21.06, 225.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% -0.0552 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.069 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5875, 8.5227, 14.9307)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A6A #6A2616

analogous

#166A50 #165A6A #16306A

triadic

#165A6A #6A165A #5A6A16

tetradic

#165A6A #50166A #6A2616 #306A16

square

#165A6A #50166A #6A2616 #306A16

split-complementary

#165A6A #6A1630 #6A5016

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2F37 #165A6A #21859D #2BB0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#165A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#165A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A6A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A6A	1.00	7.76	2.70	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50576B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.069 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628894',
    500: '#165a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a6a;
$custom-light: #628894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4342,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A6A

secondary

#A04F3B

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A6A

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

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