#165B80#165B80

#165B80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.089 H 237.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B80
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 128)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(201, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, -6.98, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 27.54, 255.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% -0.0474 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.089 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9667, 9.2103, 21.7758)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B80 #803B16

analogous

#168070 #165B80 #162680

triadic

#165B80 #80165B #5B8016

tetradic

#165B80 #701680 #803B16 #268016

square

#165B80 #701680 #803B16 #268016

split-complementary

#165B80 #801626 #807016

monochromatic

#04131A #0D364C #165B80 #1F80B4 #34A2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#165B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#165B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B80

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B80	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B517F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.089 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6689a5',
    500: '#165b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b80;
$custom-light: #6689a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44822,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B80

secondary

#B5673D

accent

#793AED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B80

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

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