#165D7A#165D7A

#165D7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.082 H 230.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D7A
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 122)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 23.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, -10.49, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 24.73, 244.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% -0.0517 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.082 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7566, 9.4035, 19.8148)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D7A #7A3316

analogous

#167A65 #165D7A #162B7A

triadic

#165D7A #7A165D #5D7A16

tetradic

#165D7A #65167A #7A3316 #2B7A16

square

#165D7A #65167A #7A3316 #2B7A16

split-complementary

#165D7A #7A162B #7A6516

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3546 #165D7A #1F85AE #31A9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#165D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#165D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D7A

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D7A	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)

#4E5C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41527A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.082 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658aa0',
    500: '#165d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d7a;
$custom-light: #658aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45016,
    "c": 0.08152,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D7A

secondary

#AF5E3D

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D7A

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

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