#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
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 127)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 26%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, -9.19, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 26.24, 249.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% -0.0508 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.086 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1628, 9.7073, 21.5180)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##165E7F	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #165E7F

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

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