#165B7E#165B7E

#165B7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.087 H 236.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B7E
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 126)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, -7.76, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 26.72, 253.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0482 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.087 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8363, 9.1581, 21.0893)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B7E #7E3916

analogous

#167E6D #165B7E #16277E

triadic

#165B7E #7E165B #5B7E16

tetradic

#165B7E #6D167E #7E3916 #277E16

square

#165B7E #6D167E #7E3916 #277E16

split-complementary

#165B7E #7E1627 #7E6D16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D354A #165B7E #1F81B2 #33A3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#165B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#165B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B7E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B7E	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C517D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.087 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6689a3',
    500: '#165b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b7e;
$custom-light: #6689a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.192,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4471,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B7E

secondary

#B3653D

accent

#773BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B7E

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

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