#165C6F#165C6F

#165C6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.073 H 220.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C6F
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 111)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, -13.99, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 21.92, 230.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% -0.0552 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.073 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0261, 8.9717, 16.3973)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C6F #6F2916

analogous

#166F55 #165C6F #162F6F

triadic

#165C6F #6F165C #5C6F16

tetradic

#165C6F #55166F #6F2916 #2F6F16

square

#165C6F #55166F #6F2916 #2F6F16

split-complementary

#165C6F #6F162F #6F5516

monochromatic

#05151A #0C323C #165C6F #2086A2 #2BB1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#165C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#165C6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C6F

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C6F	1.00	7.51	2.79	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45516F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.073 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638a98',
    500: '#165c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c6f;
$custom-light: #638a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.809,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44198,
    "c": 0.07261,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C6F

secondary

#A5523C

accent

#633EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C6F

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

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