#165D81#165D81

#165D81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.089 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D81
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 129)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(200, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -7.82, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 27.30, 253.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% -0.0491 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.089 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2061, 9.5832, 22.1819)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D81 #813A16

analogous

#168170 #165D81 #162881

triadic

#165D81 #81165D #5D8116

tetradic

#165D81 #701681 #813A16 #288116

square

#165D81 #701681 #813A16 #288116

split-complementary

#165D81 #811628 #817016

monochromatic

#04131A #0D374D #165D81 #1F83B5 #35A4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#165D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#165D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D81

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D81	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.089 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa5',
    500: '#165d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d81;
$custom-light: #668aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.187,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45393,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D81

secondary

#B6663D

accent

#773AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D81

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

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