#165A7B#165A7B

#165A7B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.084 H 235.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165A7B
RGBrgb(22, 90, 123)
HSLhsl(200, 70%, 28%)
HSVhsv(200, 82%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(82.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(35.81, -8.30, -24.46)
CIE-LCHlch(35.81, 25.83, 251.26°)
OKLaboklab(44.29% -0.0483 -0.069)
OKLCHoklch(44.29% 0.084 235)
XYZxyz(7.5608, 8.9120, 20.0568)
Luminance0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165A7B #7B3716
analogous
#167B69 #165A7B #16277B
triadic
#165A7B #7B165A #5A7B16
tetradic
#165A7B #69167B #7B3716 #277B16
square
#165A7B #69167B #7B3716 #277B16
split-complementary
#165A7B #7B1627 #7B6916
monochromatic
#05131A #0D3447 #165A7B #1F80AF #31A3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55
#165A7B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78
#165A7B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A7B
7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165A7B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165A7B1.007.552.787.55
#FFFFFF7.551.0021.001.00
#0000002.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.551.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A597D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3C507A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006365
Achromatopsia (no color)
#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.084 235.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6588a1',
    500: '#165a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165a7b;
$custom-light: #6588a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.604,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44286,
    "c": 0.08424,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.08913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165A7B
secondary
#B0623D
accent
#753BEC
background
#F6F8F9
surface
#EBEFF2
border
#C6CACC
text
#060B0F
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

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#165A7B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva