#165D80#165D80

#165D80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.088 H 235.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D80
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 128)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, -8.21, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 26.91, 252.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% -0.0494 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.088 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1399, 9.5568, 21.8335)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D80 #803916

analogous

#16806E #165D80 #162880

triadic

#165D80 #80165D #5D8016

tetradic

#165D80 #6E1680 #803916 #288016

square

#165D80 #6E1680 #803916 #288016

split-complementary

#165D80 #801628 #806E16

monochromatic

#04131A #0D374C #165D80 #1F83B4 #34A5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#165D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#165D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D80

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D80	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E537F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.088 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa5',
    500: '#165d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d80;
$custom-light: #668aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.811,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45338,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D80

secondary

#B5653D

accent

#753AED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D80

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

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