Colour

#165C77

#165C77
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#165C77 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 92, 119 and HSL 197°, 69%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#165C77#165C77

HEX#165C77

RGBrgb(22, 92, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.3608, 0.4667

RGB percentages8.6%, 36.1%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(196.7, 68.8%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 81.5%, 46.7%)

CMYK81.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,465,463

CSS custom property--colour: #165C77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.42:1

Contrast with white7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#E9A388

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E5A78no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#415177no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Tritanopia#006465no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.3 Steel blue · ΔE 20.7 Slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.8 Teal · ΔE 25 Dim grey · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#773116

Analogous#167762, #162B77

Triadic#77165C, #5C7716

Split complementary#77162C, #776216

Tetradic#621677, #773116, #2B7716

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#74C6E5

Lighter +30%#49B4DD

Lighter +20%#269FCD

Lighter +10%#1E7DA2

Darker −10%#0E3B4C

Darker −20%#061921

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#046489

Less saturated −25%#285465

Channel breakdown

R22

G92

B119

Red22 (8.6%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue196.7°

Saturation (HSL)68.79%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 5C · B 77

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