#165B7B#165B7B

#165B7B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.084 H 233.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B7B
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 123)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 26%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, -8.91, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 25.55, 249.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% -0.0493 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.084 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6457, 9.0819, 20.0851)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B7B #7B3616

analogous

#167B68 #165B7B #16287B

triadic

#165B7B #7B165B #5B7B16

tetradic

#165B7B #68167B #7B3616 #287B16

square

#165B7B #68167B #7B3616 #287B16

split-complementary

#165B7B #7B1628 #7B6816

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3547 #165B7B #1F81AF #31A5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#165B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B7B

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B7B	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E517A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.084 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6589a1',
    500: '#165b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b7b;
$custom-light: #6589a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.01,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44547,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B7B

secondary

#B0613D

accent

#733BEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B7B

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

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