#165B6B#165B6B

#165B6B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.070 H 217.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B6B
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 107)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 15%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, -14.87, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 21.24, 225.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% -0.0558 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.07 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7247, 8.7135, 15.2345)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B6B #6B2616

analogous

#166B50 #165B6B #16316B

triadic

#165B6B #6B165B #5B6B16

tetradic

#165B6B #50166B #6B2616 #316B16

square

#165B6B #50166B #6B2616 #316B16

split-complementary

#165B6B #6B1631 #6B5016

monochromatic

#051619 #0C3038 #165B6B #20869E #2BB1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#165B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#165B6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B6B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B6B	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50586C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.070 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628995',
    500: '#165b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b6b;
$custom-light: #628995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.294,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43738,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B6B

secondary

#A14F3B

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B6B

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

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