#165E81#165E81

#165E81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.088 H 235.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E81
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 129)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(200, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, -8.43, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 27.00, 251.81°)
OKLab	oklab(45.65% -0.0501 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(45.65% 0.088 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2944, 9.7599, 22.2113)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E81 #813916

analogous

#16816F #165E81 #162981

triadic

#165E81 #81165E #5E8116

tetradic

#165E81 #6F1681 #813916 #298116

square

#165E81 #6F1681 #813916 #298116

split-complementary

#165E81 #811629 #816F16

monochromatic

#04131A #0D384D #165E81 #1F84B5 #35A6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#165E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#165E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E81

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E81	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.088 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678ba5',
    500: '#165e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e81;
$custom-light: #678ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45651,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E81

secondary

#B6653D

accent

#753AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E81

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

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