#165A6D#165A6D

#165A6D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.071 H 221.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A6D
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 109)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, -13.56, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 21.59, 231.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% -0.0539 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.071 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7462, 8.5862, 15.7668)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A6D #6D2916

analogous

#166D54 #165A6D #162F6D

triadic

#165A6D #6D165A #5A6D16

tetradic

#165A6D #54166D #6D2916 #2F6D16

square

#165A6D #54166D #6D2916 #2F6D16

split-complementary

#165A6D #6D162F #6D5416

monochromatic

#051519 #0C303A #165A6D #2084A0 #2BAED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#165A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#165A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A6D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A6D	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F586E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.071 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638897',
    500: '#165a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a6d;
$custom-light: #638897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.103,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43564,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A6D

secondary

#A3523C

accent

#643EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A6D

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

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