#165C7B#165C7B

#165C7B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.083 H 232.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C7B
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 123)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.47, -9.51, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.47, 25.30, 247.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% -0.0503 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.083 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7317, 9.2540, 20.1138)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C7B #7B3516

analogous

#167B67 #165C7B #16297B

triadic

#165C7B #7B165C #5C7B16

tetradic

#165C7B #67167B #7B3516 #297B16

square

#165C7B #67167B #7B3516 #297B16

split-complementary

#165C7B #7B1629 #7B6716

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3547 #165C7B #1F83AF #31A6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#165C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#165C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C7B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C7B	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)

#4D5B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F527B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.083 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658aa1',
    500: '#165c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c7b;
$custom-light: #658aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44808,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C7B

secondary

#B0603D

accent

#723BEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C7B

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

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