#165C6B#165C6B

#165C6B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.070 H 215.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C6B
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 107)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 14%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.76, -15.44, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.76, 21.28, 223.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% -0.0569 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.07 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8107, 8.8856, 15.2632)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C6B #6B2516

analogous

#166B4F #165C6B #16326B

triadic

#165C6B #6B165C #5C6B16

tetradic

#165C6B #4F166B #6B2516 #326B16

square

#165C6B #4F166B #6B2516 #326B16

split-complementary

#165C6B #6B1632 #6B4F16

monochromatic

#051619 #0C3038 #165C6B #20889E #2BB3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#165C6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#165C6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C6B

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C6B	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52596C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46506B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.070 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628a95',
    500: '#165c6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c6b;
$custom-light: #628a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44009,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C6B

secondary

#A14D3B

accent

#5D3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C6B

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

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