#165F7E#165F7E

#165F7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.084 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F7E
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 126)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 24.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, -10.17, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 25.64, 246.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% -0.0522 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.084 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1874, 9.8603, 21.2063)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F7E #7E3516

analogous

#167E69 #165F7E #162B7E

triadic

#165F7E #7E165F #5F7E16

tetradic

#165F7E #69167E #7E3516 #2B7E16

square

#165F7E #69167E #7E3516 #2B7E16

split-complementary

#165F7E #7E162B #7E6916

monochromatic

#05141A #0D384A #165F7E #1F86B2 #33A9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#165F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#165F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F7E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F7E	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.084 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ca3',
    500: '#165f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f7e;
$custom-light: #668ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45749,
    "c": 0.08439,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F7E

secondary

#B3603D

accent

#703BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F7E

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

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