#165B81#165B81

#165B81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.090 H 238.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B81
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 129)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(201, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 29.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, -6.60, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 27.96, 256.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% -0.0471 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.09 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0328, 9.2367, 22.1241)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B81 #813C16

analogous

#168171 #165B81 #162681

triadic

#165B81 #81165B #5B8116

tetradic

#165B81 #711681 #813C16 #268116

square

#165B81 #711681 #813C16 #268116

split-complementary

#165B81 #811626 #817116

monochromatic

#04121A #0D364D #165B81 #1F80B5 #35A1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#165B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#165B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B81

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B81	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.090 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6689a5',
    500: '#165b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b81;
$custom-light: #6689a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.308,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44878,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B81

secondary

#B6683D

accent

#7A3AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B81

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

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