#165E6F#165E6F

#165E6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.072 H 217.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E6F
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 111)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, -15.14, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 21.92, 226.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% -0.0573 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.072 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2016, 9.3228, 16.4558)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E6F #6F2716

analogous

#166F53 #165E6F #16316F

triadic

#165E6F #6F165E #5E6F16

tetradic

#165E6F #53166F #6F2716 #316F16

square

#165E6F #53166F #6F2716 #316F16

split-complementary

#165E6F #6F1631 #6F5316

monochromatic

#05161A #0C333C #165E6F #2089A2 #2BB4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#165E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E6F

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E6F	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47526F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.072 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638b98',
    500: '#165e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e6f;
$custom-light: #638b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.461,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44736,
    "c": 0.07243,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E6F

secondary

#A5503C

accent

#5F3EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E6F

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

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