#165C81#165C81

#165C81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.089 H 237.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165C81
RGBrgb(22, 92, 129)
HSLhsl(201, 71%, 30%)
HSVhsv(201, 83%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(82.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LABlab(36.76, -7.21, -26.67)
CIE-LCHlch(36.76, 27.62, 254.87°)
OKLaboklab(45.14% -0.0481 -0.0754)
OKLCHoklch(45.14% 0.089 237.5)
XYZxyz(8.1189, 9.4088, 22.1528)
Luminance0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165C81 #813B16
analogous
#168171 #165C81 #162681
triadic
#165C81 #81165C #5C8116
tetradic
#165C81 #711681 #813B16 #268116
square
#165C81 #711681 #813B16 #268116
split-complementary
#165C81 #811626 #817116
monochromatic
#04131A #0D374D #165C81 #1F81B5 #35A3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29
#165C81 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88
#165C81 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C81
7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165C81#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165C811.007.292.887.29
#FFFFFF7.291.0021.001.00
#0000002.8821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.291.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A5C83
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3C5280
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006569
Achromatopsia (no color)
#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.089 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa5',
    500: '#165c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165c81;
$custom-light: #668aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.748,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45135,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165C81
secondary
#B6673D
accent
#783AEE
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#EBF0F4
border
#C6CBCE
text
#070B0F
muted
#7A7C7F

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#165C81 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva