#165D7D#165D7D

#165D7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.085 H 233.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D7D
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 125)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, -9.35, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 25.77, 248.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% -0.0506 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.085 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9454, 9.4790, 20.8089)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D7D #7D3616

analogous

#167D6A #165D7D #162A7D

triadic

#165D7D #7D165D #5D7D16

tetradic

#165D7D #6A167D #7D3616 #2A7D16

square

#165D7D #6A167D #7D3616 #2A7D16

split-complementary

#165D7D #7D162A #7D6A16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3649 #165D7D #1F84B1 #32A7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#165D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#165D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D7D

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D7D	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F537C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.085 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa2',
    500: '#165d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d7d;
$custom-light: #668aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45175,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D7D

secondary

#B2613D

accent

#723BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D7D

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

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