#165A6B#165A6B

#165A6B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.070 H 218.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A6B
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 107)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, -14.29, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 21.21, 227.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.0547 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.07 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6398, 8.5436, 15.2062)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A6B #6B2716

analogous

#166B51 #165A6B #162F6B

triadic

#165A6B #6B165A #5A6B16

tetradic

#165A6B #51166B #6B2716 #2F6B16

square

#165A6B #51166B #6B2716 #2F6B16

split-complementary

#165A6B #6B162F #6B5116

monochromatic

#051519 #0C2F38 #165A6B #20859E #2BAFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#165A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#165A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A6B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A6B	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.070 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628895',
    500: '#165a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a6b;
$custom-light: #628895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43468,
    "c": 0.07011,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A6B

secondary

#A1503B

accent

#613FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A6B

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

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