#165A7E#165A7E

#165A7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.088 H 237.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A7E
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 126)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(201, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, -7.14, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 27.04, 254.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% -0.0472 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.088 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7514, 8.9883, 21.0610)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A7E #7E3A16

analogous

#167E6E #165A7E #16267E

triadic

#165A7E #7E165A #5A7E16

tetradic

#165A7E #6E167E #7E3A16 #267E16

square

#165A7E #6E167E #7E3A16 #267E16

split-complementary

#165A7E #7E1626 #7E6E16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D354A #165A7E #1F7FB2 #33A1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#165A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A7E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A7E	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B507D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.088 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6688a3',
    500: '#165a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a7e;
$custom-light: #6688a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44452,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A7E

secondary

#B3663D

accent

#783BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A7E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →