#165E7A#165E7A

#165E7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.081 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E7A
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 122)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 23%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -11.09, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 24.53, 243.13°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% -0.0527 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.081 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8450, 9.5802, 19.8443)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E7A #7A3216

analogous

#167A64 #165E7A #162C7A

triadic

#165E7A #7A165E #5E7A16

tetradic

#165E7A #64167A #7A3216 #2C7A16

square

#165E7A #64167A #7A3216 #2C7A16

split-complementary

#165E7A #7A162C #7A6416

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3646 #165E7A #1F86AE #31AADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#165E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#165E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E7A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E7A	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.081 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658ba0',
    500: '#165e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e7a;
$custom-light: #658ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45279,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E7A

secondary

#AF5D3D

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E7A

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

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