#165E7E#165E7E

#165E7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.085 H 232.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E7E
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 126)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, -9.57, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 25.88, 248.29°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% -0.0512 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.085 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0979, 9.6813, 21.1765)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E7E #7E3616

analogous

#167E6A #165E7E #162A7E

triadic

#165E7E #7E165E #5E7E16

tetradic

#165E7E #6A167E #7E3616 #2A7E16

square

#165E7E #6A167E #7E3616 #2A7E16

split-complementary

#165E7E #7E162A #7E6A16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D374A #165E7E #1F85B2 #33A8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#165E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#165E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E7E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E7E	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40537E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.085 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ba3',
    500: '#165e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e7e;
$custom-light: #668ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45489,
    "c": 0.08494,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E7E

secondary

#B3613D

accent

#723BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E7E

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

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