#165A7A#165A7A

#165A7A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.083 H 234.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A7A
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 122)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 26.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, -8.68, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 25.45, 250.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% -0.0486 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.083 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4985, 8.8871, 19.7288)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A7A #7A3616

analogous

#167A68 #165A7A #16287A

triadic

#165A7A #7A165A #5A7A16

tetradic

#165A7A #68167A #7A3616 #287A16

square

#165A7A #68167A #7A3616 #287A16

split-complementary

#165A7A #7A1628 #7A6816

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3446 #165A7A #1F80AE #31A4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#165A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#165A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A7A

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A7A	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A597B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.083 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6588a0',
    500: '#165a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a7a;
$custom-light: #6588a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44232,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A7A

secondary

#AF613D

accent

#743CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A7A

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

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