#165A6F#165A6F

#165A6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.073 H 223.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A6F
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 111)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, -12.83, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 22.02, 234.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.053 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.073 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8551, 8.6298, 16.3403)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A6F #6F2B16

analogous

#166F57 #165A6F #162D6F

triadic

#165A6F #6F165A #5A6F16

tetradic

#165A6F #57166F #6F2B16 #2D6F16

square

#165A6F #57166F #6F2B16 #2D6F16

split-complementary

#165A6F #6F162D #6F5716

monochromatic

#05151A #0C313C #165A6F #2083A2 #2BADD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#165A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A6F

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A6F	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.073 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638898',
    500: '#165a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a6f;
$custom-light: #638898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43662,
    "c": 0.07298,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A6F

secondary

#A5553C

accent

#673EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A6F

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

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