#165d6f

Color #165d6f

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 13.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#165d6f

RGB

rgb(22, 93, 111)

HSL

hsl(192.1, 66.9%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.1, 80.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(36.26, -14.57, -16.36)

LCH

lch(36.26, 21.91, 228.31)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0724, 219.12)

HWB

hwb(192.1, 8.6%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f2816

Analogous

#166f55

#165d6f

#16316f

Triadic

#165d6f

#6f165d

#5d6f16

Split-complementary

#165d6f

#6f1631

#6f5516

Tetradic

#165d6f

#28166f

#6f2816

#5d6f16

Square

#165d6f

#55166f

#6f2816

#316f16

Shades

Color #165d6f mixed toward black.

#124e5d

#0f3e4a

#0b2f38

#071f25

#041013

Tints

Color #165d6f mixed toward white.

#2089a3

#2db4d5

#62c6e0

#96d9ea

#cbecf5

Tones

Color #165d6f mixed toward gray.

#1d5968

#255460

#2c5059

#344b51

#3b474a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#40416b · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#3d376a · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#1e6867 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #165d6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#165d6f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#165d6f (#165d6f) is rgb(22, 93, 111) in RGB.

No, #165d6f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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