#165C7F#165C7F

#165C7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.087 H 236.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C7F
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 127)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, -7.98, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 26.81, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% -0.0488 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.087 236)
XYZ	xyz(7.9873, 9.3562, 21.4595)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C7F #7F3916

analogous

#167F6E #165C7F #16287F

triadic

#165C7F #7F165C #5C7F16

tetradic

#165C7F #6E167F #7F3916 #287F16

square

#165C7F #6E167F #7F3916 #287F16

split-complementary

#165C7F #7F1628 #7F6E16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D364B #165C7F #1F82B3 #34A4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#165C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#165C7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C7F

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C7F	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D527E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.087 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa4',
    500: '#165c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c7f;
$custom-light: #668aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45024,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.09357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C7F

secondary

#B4653D

accent

#763BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C7F

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

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