#165A7F#165A7F

#165A7F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.089 H 238.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A7F
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 127)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(201, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.01, -6.76, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.01, 27.46, 255.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% -0.0468 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.089 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8163, 9.0142, 21.4025)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A7F #7F3B16

analogous

#167F70 #165A7F #16267F

triadic

#165A7F #7F165A #5A7F16

tetradic

#165A7F #70167F #7F3B16 #267F16

square

#165A7F #70167F #7F3B16 #267F16

split-complementary

#165A7F #7F1626 #7F7016

monochromatic

#05121A #0D354B #165A7F #1F7FB3 #34A1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#165A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#165A7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A7F

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A7F	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A507E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.089 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6688a4',
    500: '#165a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a7f;
$custom-light: #6688a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44508,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A7F

secondary

#B4673D

accent

#7A3BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A7F

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

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