#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
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 123)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(200, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.81, -8.30, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.81, 25.83, 251.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% -0.0483 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.084 235)
XYZ	xyz(7.5608, 8.9120, 20.0568)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##165A7B	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #165A7B

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

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