#165F81#165F81

#165F81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.087 H 234.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F81
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 129)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(199, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 26.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, -9.03, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 26.72, 250.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.91% -0.0511 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(45.91% 0.087 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3839, 9.9389, 22.2412)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F81 #813816

analogous

#16816D #165F81 #162A81

triadic

#165F81 #81165F #5F8116

tetradic

#165F81 #6D1681 #813816 #2A8116

square

#165F81 #6D1681 #813816 #2A8116

split-complementary

#165F81 #81162A #816D16

monochromatic

#04131A #0D384D #165F81 #1F86B5 #35A7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#165F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#165F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F81

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F81	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.087 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678ca5',
    500: '#165f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f81;
$custom-light: #678ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45909,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F81

secondary

#B6633D

accent

#733AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F81

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

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