#165D7C#165D7C

#165D7C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.083 H 232.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D7C
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 124)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 25%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, -9.73, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 25.41, 247.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.12% -0.0509 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(45.12% 0.083 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8818, 9.4535, 20.4742)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D7C #7C3516

analogous

#167C68 #165D7C #162A7C

triadic

#165D7C #7C165D #5D7C16

tetradic

#165D7C #68167C #7C3516 #2A7C16

square

#165D7C #68167C #7C3516 #2A7C16

split-complementary

#165D7C #7C162A #7C6816

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3648 #165D7C #1F84B0 #32A7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#165D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#165D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D7C

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D7C	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40527C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.083 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa2',
    500: '#165d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d7c;
$custom-light: #668aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.235,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45122,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D7C

secondary

#B1603D

accent

#713BED

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D7C

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

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