#165E79#165E79

#165E79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.080 H 228.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E79
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, -11.46, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 24.22, 241.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.23% -0.0531 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(45.23% 0.08 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7834, 9.5555, 19.5196)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E79 #793116

analogous

#167962 #165E79 #162C79

triadic

#165E79 #79165E #5E7916

tetradic

#165E79 #621679 #793116 #2C7916

square

#165E79 #621679 #793116 #2C7916

split-complementary

#165E79 #79162C #796216

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3645 #165E79 #1F86AD #30ABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#165E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#165E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E79

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E79	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.080 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b9f',
    500: '#165e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e79;
$custom-light: #658b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45227,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E79

secondary

#AE5C3D

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E79

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

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