#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
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 129)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(201, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, -7.21, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 27.62, 254.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.14% -0.0481 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(45.14% 0.089 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1189, 9.4088, 22.1528)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##165C81	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C81

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

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