#165D7E#165D7E

#165D7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.086 H 234.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D7E
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 126)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, -8.97, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 26.14, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.23% -0.0502 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(45.23% 0.086 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0096, 9.5046, 21.1471)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D7E #7E3716

analogous

#167E6B #165D7E #16297E

triadic

#165D7E #7E165D #5D7E16

tetradic

#165D7E #6B167E #7E3716 #297E16

square

#165D7E #6B167E #7E3716 #297E16

split-complementary

#165D7E #7E1629 #7E6B16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D374A #165D7E #1F83B2 #33A6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#165D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#165D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D7E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D7E	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F537D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.086 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa3',
    500: '#165d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d7e;
$custom-light: #668aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.038,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45229,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D7E

secondary

#B3623D

accent

#733BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D7E

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

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