#165F7D#165F7D

#165F7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.083 H 230.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F7D
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 125)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 24%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, -10.55, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 25.30, 245.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% -0.0526 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.083 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1232, 9.8347, 20.8682)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F7D #7D3416

analogous

#167D68 #165F7D #162C7D

triadic

#165F7D #7D165F #5F7D16

tetradic

#165F7D #68167D #7D3416 #2C7D16

square

#165F7D #68167D #7D3416 #2C7D16

split-complementary

#165F7D #7D162C #7D6816

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3749 #165F7D #1F87B1 #32AADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#165F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#165F7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F7D

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F7D	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.083 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ca2',
    500: '#165f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f7d;
$custom-light: #668ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45697,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F7D

secondary

#B25F3D

accent

#6F3BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F7D

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

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