#165E7D#165E7D

#165E7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.084 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E7D
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 125)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, -9.95, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 25.52, 247.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.44% -0.0516 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(45.44% 0.084 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0337, 9.6557, 20.8384)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E7D #7D3516

analogous

#167D69 #165E7D #162B7D

triadic

#165E7D #7D165E #5E7D16

tetradic

#165E7D #69167D #7D3516 #2B7D16

square

#165E7D #69167D #7D3516 #2B7D16

split-complementary

#165E7D #7D162B #7D6916

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3749 #165E7D #1F85B1 #32A8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#165E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#165E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E7D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E7D	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.084 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ba2',
    500: '#165e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e7d;
$custom-light: #668ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45436,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E7D

secondary

#B2603D

accent

#703BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E7D

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

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