#165E7C#165E7C

#165E7C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.083 H 231.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E7C
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 124)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, -10.33, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 25.18, 245.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% -0.0519 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.083 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9702, 9.6302, 20.5036)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E7C #7C3416

analogous

#167C67 #165E7C #162B7C

triadic

#165E7C #7C165E #5E7C16

tetradic

#165E7C #67167C #7C3416 #2B7C16

square

#165E7C #67167C #7C3416 #2B7C16

split-complementary

#165E7C #7C162B #7C6716

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3748 #165E7C #1F85B0 #32A9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#165E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#165E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E7C

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E7C	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.083 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ba2',
    500: '#165e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e7c;
$custom-light: #668ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45383,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E7C

secondary

#B15F3D

accent

#6F3BED

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E7C

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

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