#165E6E#165E6E

#165E6E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.072 H 216.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E6E
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 110)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 14.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.56, -15.50, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.56, 21.77, 224.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% -0.0577 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.072 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1469, 9.3009, 16.1674)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E6E #6E2616

analogous

#166E52 #165E6E #16326E

triadic

#165E6E #6E165E #5E6E16

tetradic

#165E6E #52166E #6E2616 #326E16

square

#165E6E #52166E #6E2616 #326E16

split-complementary

#165E6E #6E1632 #6E5216

monochromatic

#05161A #0C323B #165E6E #208AA1 #2AB5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#165E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E6E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E6E	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47526E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.072 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638b97',
    500: '#165e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e6e;
$custom-light: #638b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44689,
    "c": 0.07182,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E6E

secondary

#A44F3C

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E6E

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

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