#165B7D#165B7D

#165B7D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.086 H 235.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B7D
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 125)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, -8.14, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 26.32, 251.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% -0.0485 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.086 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7721, 9.1325, 20.7512)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B7D #7D3816

analogous

#167D6C #165B7D #16287D

triadic

#165B7D #7D165B #5B7D16

tetradic

#165B7D #6C167D #7D3816 #287D16

square

#165B7D #6C167D #7D3816 #287D16

split-complementary

#165B7D #7D1628 #7D6C16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3549 #165B7D #1F81B1 #32A3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#165B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#165B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B7D

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B7D	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D517C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.086 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6689a3',
    500: '#165b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b7d;
$custom-light: #6689a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.806,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44655,
    "c": 0.08574,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B7D

secondary

#B2643D

accent

#763BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B7D

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

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