#165D79#165D79

#165D79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.081 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D79
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 121)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, -10.87, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 24.40, 243.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% -0.0521 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.081 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6950, 9.3788, 19.4902)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D79 #793216

analogous

#167963 #165D79 #162B79

triadic

#165D79 #79165D #5D7916

tetradic

#165D79 #631679 #793216 #2B7916

square

#165D79 #631679 #793216 #2B7916

split-complementary

#165D79 #79162B #796316

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3545 #165D79 #1F85AD #30A9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#165D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#165D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D79

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D79	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)

#4F5C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.081 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b9f',
    500: '#165d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d79;
$custom-light: #658b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44964,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D79

secondary

#AE5D3D

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D79

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

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