#165E6D#165E6D

#165E6D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.071 H 215.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E6D
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 109)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, -15.86, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 21.65, 222.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% -0.0582 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.071 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0927, 9.2792, 15.8823)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E6D #6D2516

analogous

#166D50 #165E6D #16326D

triadic

#165E6D #6D165E #5E6D16

tetradic

#165E6D #50166D #6D2516 #326D16

square

#165E6D #50166D #6D2516 #326D16

split-complementary

#165E6D #6D1632 #6D5016

monochromatic

#051619 #0C323A #165E6D #208AA0 #2BB6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#165E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E6D

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E6D	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48526D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.071 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638b96',
    500: '#165e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e6d;
$custom-light: #638b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44642,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E6D

secondary

#A34D3C

accent

#5C3EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E6D

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

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