#165C80#165C80

#165C80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.088 H 236.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C80
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 128)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, -7.60, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 27.21, 253.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% -0.0484 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.088 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0527, 9.3824, 21.8045)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C80 #803A16

analogous

#16806F #165C80 #162780

triadic

#165C80 #80165C #5C8016

tetradic

#165C80 #6F1680 #803A16 #278016

square

#165C80 #6F1680 #803A16 #278016

split-complementary

#165C80 #801627 #806F16

monochromatic

#04131A #0D364C #165C80 #1F82B4 #34A3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#165C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#165C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C80

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C80	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C527F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.088 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa5',
    500: '#165c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c80;
$custom-light: #668aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.377,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4508,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C80

secondary

#B5663D

accent

#773AED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C80

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

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