#165A7D#165A7D

#165A7D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.086 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A7D
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 125)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 28%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, -7.53, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 26.63, 253.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% -0.0475 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.086 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6872, 8.9626, 20.7229)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A7D #7D3916

analogous

#167D6D #165A7D #16277D

triadic

#165A7D #7D165A #5A7D16

tetradic

#165A7D #6D167D #7D3916 #277D16

square

#165A7D #6D167D #7D3916 #277D16

split-complementary

#165A7D #7D1627 #7D6D16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3549 #165A7D #1F7FB1 #32A2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#165A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A7D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A7D	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B507C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.086 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6688a3',
    500: '#165a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a7d;
$custom-light: #6688a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.388,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44396,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A7D

secondary

#B2653D

accent

#773BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF3

border

#C6CACD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A7D

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

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