#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
RGBrgb(22, 92, 123)
HSLhsl(198, 70%, 28%)
HSVhsv(198, 82%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(82.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(36.47, -9.51, -23.44)
CIE-LCHlch(36.47, 25.30, 247.91°)
OKLaboklab(44.81% -0.0503 -0.0661)
OKLCHoklch(44.81% 0.083 232.7)
XYZxyz(7.7317, 9.2540, 20.1138)
Luminance0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##165C7B1.007.372.857.37
#FFFFFF7.371.0021.001.00
#0000002.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.371.0021.001.00

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

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#165C7B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva