#165C6A#165C6A

#165C6A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.070 H 214.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C6A
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 106)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.72, -15.80, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.72, 21.17, 221.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% -0.0574 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.07 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7584, 8.8647, 14.9877)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C6A #6A2416

analogous

#166A4E #165C6A #16326A

triadic

#165C6A #6A165C #5C6A16

tetradic

#165C6A #4E166A #6A2416 #326A16

square

#165C6A #4E166A #6A2416 #326A16

split-complementary

#165C6A #6A1632 #6A4E16

monochromatic

#051619 #0B3037 #165C6A #21889D #2BB4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#165C6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#165C6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C6A

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C6A	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52596B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47506A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.070 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628a94',
    500: '#165c6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c6a;
$custom-light: #628a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43963,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C6A

secondary

#A04C3B

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C6A

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

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