#165F6F#165F6F

#165F6F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.072 H 216.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F6F
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 111)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, -15.71, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 21.95, 224.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% -0.0584 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.072 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2911, 9.5018, 16.4856)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F6F #6F2616

analogous

#166F52 #165F6F #16326F

triadic

#165F6F #6F165F #5F6F16

tetradic

#165F6F #52166F #6F2616 #326F16

square

#165F6F #52166F #6F2616 #326F16

split-complementary

#165F6F #6F1632 #6F5216

monochromatic

#05161A #0C333C #165F6F #208BA2 #2BB6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#165F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#165F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F6F

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F6F	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48536F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.072 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638c98',
    500: '#165f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f6f;
$custom-light: #638c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.787,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45005,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F6F

secondary

#A54F3C

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F6F

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

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