#165F79#165F79

#165F79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.080 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F79
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 121)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, -12.05, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 24.06, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% -0.0542 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.08 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8729, 9.7345, 19.5495)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F79 #793016

analogous

#167962 #165F79 #162D79

triadic

#165F79 #79165F #5F7916

tetradic

#165F79 #621679 #793016 #2D7916

square

#165F79 #621679 #793016 #2D7916

split-complementary

#165F79 #79162D #796216

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3645 #165F79 #1F88AD #30ADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#165F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#165F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F79

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F79	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.080 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658c9f',
    500: '#165f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f79;
$custom-light: #658c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45491,
    "c": 0.07974,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F79

secondary

#AE5A3D

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F79

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

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