#165B7F#165B7F

#165B7F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.088 H 237.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B7F
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 127)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(201, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, -7.37, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 27.12, 254.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% -0.0478 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.088 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9012, 9.1841, 21.4308)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B7F #7F3A16

analogous

#167F6F #165B7F #16277F

triadic

#165B7F #7F165B #5B7F16

tetradic

#165B7F #6F167F #7F3A16 #277F16

square

#165B7F #6F167F #7F3A16 #277F16

split-complementary

#165B7F #7F1627 #7F6F16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D364B #165B7F #1F80B3 #34A2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#165B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#165B7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B7F

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B7F	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C517E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.088 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6689a4',
    500: '#165b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b7f;
$custom-light: #6689a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44766,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B7F

secondary

#B4663D

accent

#783BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B7F

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

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