#165B6E#165B6E

#165B6E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.072 H 220.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B6E
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 110)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 17.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.55, -13.78, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.55, 21.75, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% -0.0545 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.072 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8853, 8.7777, 16.0802)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B6E #6E2916

analogous

#166E55 #165B6E #162F6E

triadic

#165B6E #6E165B #5B6E16

tetradic

#165B6E #55166E #6E2916 #2F6E16

square

#165B6E #55166E #6E2916 #2F6E16

split-complementary

#165B6E #6E162F #6E5516

monochromatic

#05151A #0C313B #165B6E #2085A1 #2AAFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#165B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B6E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B6E	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50586F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44506E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.072 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638997',
    500: '#165b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b6e;
$custom-light: #638997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.955,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43881,
    "c": 0.07204,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B6E

secondary

#A4523C

accent

#633EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B6E

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

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