#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
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 143)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 35%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, -2.35, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 33.61, 265.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% -0.0444 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.105 245)
XYZ	xyz(9.2012, 9.9813, 27.4229)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##165D8F	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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