#165E7F#165E7F

#165E7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.086 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165E7F
RGBrgb(22, 94, 127)
HSLhsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(199, 83%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(82.7%, 26%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LABlab(37.31, -9.19, -24.58)
CIE-LCHlch(37.31, 26.24, 249.49°)
OKLaboklab(45.54% -0.0508 -0.0693)
OKLCHoklch(45.54% 0.086 233.8)
XYZxyz(8.1628, 9.7073, 21.5180)
Luminance0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165E7F #7F3716
analogous
#167F6C #165E7F #162A7F
triadic
#165E7F #7F165E #5E7F16
tetradic
#165E7F #6C167F #7F3716 #2A7F16
square
#165E7F #6C167F #7F3716 #2A7F16
split-complementary
#165E7F #7F162A #7F6C16
monochromatic
#05131A #0D374B #165E7F #1F85B3 #34A7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14
#165E7F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94
#165E7F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E7F
7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165E7F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165E7F1.007.142.947.14
#FFFFFF7.141.0021.001.00
#0000002.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.141.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4E5D81
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#40547E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006769
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.086 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ba4',
    500: '#165e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165e7f;
$custom-light: #668ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45543,
    "c": 0.08596,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165E7F
secondary
#B4623D
accent
#733BED
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#EBF0F4
border
#C6CBCE
text
#070C0F
muted
#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

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#165E7F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva