#165C7E#165C7E

#165C7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.086 H 235.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C7E
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 126)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 27%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, -8.37, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 26.42, 251.54°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% -0.0492 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.086 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9224, 9.3302, 21.1180)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C7E #7E3816

analogous

#167E6C #165C7E #16287E

triadic

#165C7E #7E165C #5C7E16

tetradic

#165C7E #6C167E #7E3816 #287E16

square

#165C7E #6C167E #7E3816 #287E16

split-complementary

#165C7E #7E1628 #7E6C16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D364A #165C7E #1F82B2 #33A4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#165C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#165C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C7E

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C7E	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E527D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.086 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa3',
    500: '#165c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c7e;
$custom-light: #668aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44969,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C7E

secondary

#B3633D

accent

#753BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C7E

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

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