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Recognised as Colour

#165B6A

  • #165B6A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#165B6A is a cyan with RGB values 22, 91, 106 and HSL 191°, 66%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#165B6A#165B6A
HEX#165B6A
RGBrgb(22, 91, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.3569, 0.4157
RGB percentages8.6%, 35.7%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(190.7, 65.6%, 25.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.7, 79.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK79.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,465,194
CSS custom property--colour: #165B6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#E9A495

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#51586Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#45506Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#006060no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.2Teal · ΔE 19.7Slate grey · ΔE 22.2Dim grey · ΔE 22.9Dark cyan · ΔE 23.5Light slate grey · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A2516
Analogous#166A4F, #16316A
Triadic#6A165B, #5B6A16
Split complementary#6A1631, #6A4F16
Tetradic#4F166A, #6A2516, #316A16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6CCCE0
Lighter +30%#41BDD8
Lighter +20%#28A4BE
Lighter +10%#1F7F94
Darker −10%#0D3740
Darker −20%#041216
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#06657A
Less saturated −25%#26515A

Channel breakdown

R22
G91
B106
Red22 (8.6%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue190.71°
Saturation (HSL)65.63%
Lightness25.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 5B · B 6A

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