#165B7A#165B7A

#165B7A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.083 H 233.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B7A
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 122)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 25.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.09, -9.29, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.09, 25.19, 248.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% -0.0497 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.083 233)
XYZ	xyz(7.5834, 9.0570, 19.7571)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B7A #7A3516

analogous

#167A67 #165B7A #16297A

triadic

#165B7A #7A165B #5B7A16

tetradic

#165B7A #67167A #7A3516 #297A16

square

#165B7A #67167A #7A3516 #297A16

split-complementary

#165B7A #7A1629 #7A6716

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3446 #165B7A #1F82AE #31A5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#165B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#165B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B7A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B7A	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E517A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.083 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6589a0',
    500: '#165b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b7a;
$custom-light: #6589a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44493,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.09058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B7A

secondary

#AF603D

accent

#723CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B7A

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

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