#165D7F#165D7F

#165D7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.087 H 234.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D7F
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 127)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, -8.59, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 26.52, 251.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% -0.0498 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.087 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0744, 9.5306, 21.4886)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D7F #7F3816

analogous

#167F6D #165D7F #16287F

triadic

#165D7F #7F165D #5D7F16

tetradic

#165D7F #6D167F #7F3816 #287F16

square

#165D7F #6D167F #7F3816 #287F16

split-complementary

#165D7F #7F1628 #7F6D16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D374B #165D7F #1F83B3 #34A5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#165D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#165D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D7F

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D7F	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E537E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.087 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa4',
    500: '#165d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d7f;
$custom-light: #668aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.429,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45283,
    "c": 0.08658,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D7F

secondary

#B4633D

accent

#743BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D7F

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

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