#165F80#165F80

#165F80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.086 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F80
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 128)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, -9.41, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 26.35, 249.07°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% -0.0514 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.086 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3178, 9.9125, 21.8928)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F80 #803716

analogous

#16806C #165F80 #162A80

triadic

#165F80 #80165F #5F8016

tetradic

#165F80 #6C1680 #803716 #2A8016

square

#165F80 #6C1680 #803716 #2A8016

split-complementary

#165F80 #80162A #806C16

monochromatic

#04131A #0D384C #165F80 #1F86B4 #34A8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#165F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#165F80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F80

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F80	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41547F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.086 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ca5',
    500: '#165f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f80;
$custom-light: #668ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45856,
    "c": 0.08639,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F80

secondary

#B5623D

accent

#723AED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F80

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

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