#167B9E#167B9E

#167B9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.100 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#167B9E
RGB	rgb(22, 123, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(195, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, -14.50, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 30.18, 241.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.0674 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.1 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5828, 16.8034, 34.8686)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#167B9E #9E3916

analogous

#169E7D #167B9E #16379E

triadic

#167B9E #9E167B #7B9E16

tetradic

#167B9E #7D169E #9E3916 #379E16

square

#167B9E #7D169E #9E3916 #379E16

split-complementary

#167B9E #9E1637 #9E7D16

monochromatic

#072733 #0F5168 #167B9E #1DA5D4 #49BDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#167B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#167B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #167B9E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##167B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##167B9E	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6879A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #167b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 123, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.100 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea1ba',
    500: '#167b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #167b9e;
$custom-light: #6ea1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#167b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5456,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#167B9E

secondary

#C76949

accent

#6636F2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #167B9E

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

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