#165B7C#165B7C

#165B7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.085 H 234.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B7C
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 124)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.19, -8.53, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.19, 25.93, 250.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% -0.0489 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.085 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7086, 9.1070, 20.4164)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B7C #7C3716

analogous

#167C6A #165B7C #16287C

triadic

#165B7C #7C165B #5B7C16

tetradic

#165B7C #6A167C #7C3716 #287C16

square

#165B7C #6A167C #7C3716 #287C16

split-complementary

#165B7C #7C1628 #7C6A16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3548 #165B7C #1F81B0 #32A4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#165B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B7C

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B7C	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D517B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.085 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6589a2',
    500: '#165b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b7c;
$custom-light: #6589a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44601,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B7C

secondary

#B1623D

accent

#753BED

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B7C

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

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