#165A7C#165A7C

#165A7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.085 H 235.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A7C
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 124)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -7.92, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 26.22, 252.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% -0.0479 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.085 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6237, 8.9372, 20.3881)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A7C #7C3816

analogous

#167C6B #165A7C #16277C

triadic

#165A7C #7C165A #5A7C16

tetradic

#165A7C #6B167C #7C3816 #277C16

square

#165A7C #6B167C #7C3816 #277C16

split-complementary

#165A7C #7C1627 #7C6B16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3448 #165A7C #1F80B0 #32A2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#165A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A7C

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A7C	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C507B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.085 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6588a2',
    500: '#165a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a7c;
$custom-light: #6588a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44341,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A7C

secondary

#B1643D

accent

#763BED

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A7C

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

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