#165C7C#165C7C

#165C7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.084 H 233.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C7C
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 124)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 25.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, -9.13, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 25.66, 249.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.86% -0.0499 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(44.86% 0.084 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7946, 9.2791, 20.4451)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C7C #7C3616

analogous

#167C69 #165C7C #16297C

triadic

#165C7C #7C165C #5C7C16

tetradic

#165C7C #69167C #7C3616 #297C16

square

#165C7C #69167C #7C3616 #297C16

split-complementary

#165C7C #7C1629 #7C6916

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3548 #165C7C #1F83B0 #32A6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#165C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C7C

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C7C	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F527B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.084 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658aa2',
    500: '#165c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c7c;
$custom-light: #658aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44861,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C7C

secondary

#B1613D

accent

#733BED

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C7C

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

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