#165D6C#165D6C

#165D6C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.071 H 215.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D6C
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 108)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, -15.65, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 21.47, 223.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% -0.0576 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.071 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9508, 9.0811, 15.5709)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D6C #6C2516

analogous

#166C50 #165D6C #16326C

triadic

#165D6C #6C165D #5D6C16

tetradic

#165D6C #50166C #6C2516 #326C16

square

#165D6C #50166C #6C2516 #326C16

split-complementary

#165D6C #6C1632 #6C5016

monochromatic

#051619 #0C3139 #165D6C #20899F #2BB5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#165D6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#165D6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D6C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D6C	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47516C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.071 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638b96',
    500: '#165d6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d6c;
$custom-light: #638b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.465,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44326,
    "c": 0.07066,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D6C

secondary

#A24D3C

accent

#5C3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D6C

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

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