#165B79#165B79

#165B79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.082 H 232.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B79
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 121)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 24.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, -9.67, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 24.83, 247.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% -0.05 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.082 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5218, 9.0323, 19.4324)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B79 #793416

analogous

#167965 #165B79 #162979

triadic

#165B79 #79165B #5B7916

tetradic

#165B79 #651679 #793416 #297916

square

#165B79 #651679 #793416 #297916

split-complementary

#165B79 #791629 #796516

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3445 #165B79 #1F82AD #30A6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#165B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#165B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B79

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B79	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.082 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6589a0',
    500: '#165b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b79;
$custom-light: #6589a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44439,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B79

secondary

#AE5F3D

accent

#713CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B79

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

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