#165A79#165A79

#165A79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.082 H 233.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A79
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 121)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 25.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.72, -9.07, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.72, 25.08, 248.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% -0.049 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.082 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4368, 8.8625, 19.4041)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A79 #793516

analogous

#167966 #165A79 #162879

triadic

#165A79 #79165A #5A7916

tetradic

#165A79 #661679 #793516 #287916

square

#165A79 #661679 #793516 #287916

split-complementary

#165A79 #791628 #796616

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3345 #165A79 #1F81AD #30A4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#165A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A79

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A79	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B597A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.082 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6588a0',
    500: '#165a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a79;
$custom-light: #6588a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.788,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44178,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A79

secondary

#AE603D

accent

#733CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A79

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

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