#165C7D#165C7D

#165C7D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.085 H 234.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C7D
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 125)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.56, -8.75, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.56, 26.03, 250.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% -0.0495 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.085 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8582, 9.3046, 20.7799)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C7D #7D3716

analogous

#167D6B #165C7D #16297D

triadic

#165C7D #7D165C #5C7D16

tetradic

#165C7D #6B167D #7D3716 #297D16

square

#165C7D #6B167D #7D3716 #297D16

split-complementary

#165C7D #7D1629 #7D6B16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3649 #165C7D #1F82B1 #32A5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#165C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165C7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C7D

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C7D	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E527C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.085 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa2',
    500: '#165c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c7d;
$custom-light: #668aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.223,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44915,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C7D

secondary

#B2623D

accent

#743BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C7D

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

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