#165D8F#165D8F

#165D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.105 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165D8F
RGBrgb(22, 93, 143)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(205, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 35%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(37.81, -2.35, -33.53)
CIE-LCHlch(37.81, 33.61, 265.99°)
OKLaboklab(46.21% -0.0444 -0.0954)
OKLCHoklch(46.21% 0.105 245)
XYZxyz(9.2012, 9.9813, 27.4229)
Luminance0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165D8F #8F4816
analogous
#168F84 #165D8F #16218F
triadic
#165D8F #8F165D #5D8F16
tetradic
#165D8F #84168F #8F4816 #218F16
square
#165D8F #84168F #8F4816 #218F16
split-complementary
#165D8F #8F1621 #8F8416
monochromatic
#061825 #0E3B5A #165D8F #1E7FC4 #3E9EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01
#165D8F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00
#165D8F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D8F
7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165D8F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165D8F1.007.013.007.01
#FFFFFF7.011.0021.001.00
#0000003.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.011.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#455F91
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#34548E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00696F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.105 245.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698ab0',
    500: '#165d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165d8f;
$custom-light: #698ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.793,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46205,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.09982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165D8F
secondary
#C1753F
accent
#8438F0
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#ECF0F4
border
#C7CBCE
text
#070B10
muted
#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D8F

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#165D8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva