#165B6A#165B6A

#165B6A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.069 H 215.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B6A
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 106)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.39, -15.23, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.39, 21.10, 223.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0563 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.069 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6724, 8.6925, 14.9590)
Luminance	0.0869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B6A #6A2516

analogous

#166A4F #165B6A #16316A

triadic

#165B6A #6A165B #5B6A16

tetradic

#165B6A #4F166A #6A2516 #316A16

square

#165B6A #4F166A #6A2516 #316A16

split-complementary

#165B6A #6A1631 #6A4F16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B2F37 #165B6A #21879D #2BB2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#165B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#165B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B6A

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B6A	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51586B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.069 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628994',
    500: '#165b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b6a;
$custom-light: #628994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43691,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B6A

secondary

#A04D3B

accent

#5D3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B6A

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

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