#165B69#165B69

#165B69 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.069 H 214.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B69
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 105)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 13.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.34, -15.59, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.34, 20.98, 222.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% -0.0567 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.069 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6207, 8.6719, 14.6868)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B69 #692416

analogous

#16694D #165B69 #163269

triadic

#165B69 #69165B #5B6916

tetradic

#165B69 #4D1669 #692416 #326916

square

#165B69 #4D1669 #692416 #326916

split-complementary

#165B69 #691632 #694D16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2F36 #165B69 #21879C #2BB3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#165B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B69

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B69	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51586A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.069 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628993',
    500: '#165b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b69;
$custom-light: #628993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.12,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43645,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B69

secondary

#9F4C3B

accent

#5C3FE8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B69

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

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