#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
RGBrgb(22, 93, 125)
HSLhsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(199, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(36.89, -9.35, -24.01)
CIE-LCHlch(36.89, 25.77, 248.72°)
OKLaboklab(45.18% -0.0506 -0.0677)
OKLCHoklch(45.18% 0.085 233.3)
XYZxyz(7.9454, 9.4790, 20.8089)
Luminance0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##165D7D1.007.252.907.25
#FFFFFF7.251.0021.001.00
#0000002.9021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.251.0021.001.00

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

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#165D7D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva