#165B6F#165B6F

#165B6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.073 H 222.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B6F
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 111)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 18%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.60, -13.41, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.60, 21.96, 232.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% -0.0541 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.073 222)
XYZ	xyz(6.9400, 8.7996, 16.3686)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B6F #6F2A16

analogous

#166F56 #165B6F #162E6F

triadic

#165B6F #6F165B #5B6F16

tetradic

#165B6F #56166F #6F2A16 #2E6F16

square

#165B6F #56166F #6F2A16 #2E6F16

split-complementary

#165B6F #6F162E #6F5616

monochromatic

#05151A #0C313C #165B6F #2085A2 #2BAFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#165B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#165B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B6F

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B6F	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43506F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.073 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638998',
    500: '#165b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b6f;
$custom-light: #638998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.483,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4393,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B6F

secondary

#A5533C

accent

#653EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B6F

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

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