#165E7B#165E7B

#165E7B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.082 H 230.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E7B
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 123)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, -10.71, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 24.85, 244.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.33% -0.0523 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(45.33% 0.082 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9073, 9.6051, 20.1723)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E7B #7B3316

analogous

#167B65 #165E7B #162B7B

triadic

#165E7B #7B165E #5E7B16

tetradic

#165E7B #65167B #7B3316 #2B7B16

square

#165E7B #65167B #7B3316 #2B7B16

split-complementary

#165E7B #7B162B #7B6516

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3647 #165E7B #1F86AF #31AADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#165E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#165E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E7B

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E7B	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.082 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658ba1',
    500: '#165e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e7b;
$custom-light: #658ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45331,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E7B

secondary

#B05E3D

accent

#6E3BEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E7B

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

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