#167E9E#167E9E

#167E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.099 H 225.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#167E9E
RGB	rgb(22, 126, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(194, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, -16.18, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 29.78, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% -0.0702 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.099 225)
XYZ	xyz(13.9607, 17.5591, 34.9946)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#167E9E #9E3616

analogous

#169E7A #167E9E #163A9E

triadic

#167E9E #9E167E #7E9E16

tetradic

#167E9E #7A169E #9E3616 #3A9E16

square

#167E9E #7A169E #9E3616 #3A9E16

split-complementary

#167E9E #9E163A #9E7A16

monochromatic

#072833 #0F5368 #167E9E #1DA9D4 #49C1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#167E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#167E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #167E9E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##167E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##167E9E	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #167e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 126, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.099 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3ba',
    500: '#167e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #167e9e;
$custom-light: #6ea3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#167e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55318,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.17561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#167E9E

secondary

#C76749

accent

#6236F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #167E9E

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

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