#165B6C#165B6C

#165B6C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.071 H 218.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B6C
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 108)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.47, -14.51, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.47, 21.39, 227.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% -0.0554 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.071 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7776, 8.7346, 15.5132)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B6C #6C2716

analogous

#166C52 #165B6C #16306C

triadic

#165B6C #6C165B #5B6C16

tetradic

#165B6C #52166C #6C2716 #306C16

square

#165B6C #52166C #6C2716 #306C16

split-complementary

#165B6C #6C1630 #6C5216

monochromatic

#051519 #0C3039 #165B6C #20869F #2BB1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#165B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#165B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B6C

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B6C	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50586D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.071 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638996',
    500: '#165b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b6c;
$custom-light: #638996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.86,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43785,
    "c": 0.07069,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B6C

secondary

#A2503C

accent

#603FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B6C

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

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