#165D7B#165D7B

#165D7B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.083 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D7B
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 123)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, -10.11, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 25.06, 246.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% -0.0513 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.083 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8189, 9.4284, 20.1428)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D7B #7B3416

analogous

#167B66 #165D7B #162A7B

triadic

#165D7B #7B165D #5D7B16

tetradic

#165D7B #66167B #7B3416 #2A7B16

square

#165D7B #66167B #7B3416 #2A7B16

split-complementary

#165D7B #7B162A #7B6616

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3647 #165D7B #1F84AF #31A8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#165D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#165D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D7B

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D7B	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40527B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.083 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658aa1',
    500: '#165d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d7b;
$custom-light: #658aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45069,
    "c": 0.0825,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D7B

secondary

#B05F3D

accent

#703BEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D7B

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

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