All About Color #165A51

#165A51

About #165A51

#165A51 is a dark cyan color with the hex code #165A51. In RGB it is red 22, green 90, blue 81; in HSL it is hue 172°, saturation 61%, lightness 22%; in CMYK it is 76%, 0%, 10%, 65%. Its contrast ratio is 8.03:1 on white and 2.62:1 on black.

#165A51 Color Conversion

Hex triplet16, 5A, 51
CMYK75.56%, 0.00%, 10.00%, 64.71%
RGB Decimal22, 90, 81
HSL172°, 61%, 22%
RGB Octal26, 132, 121
HSV (HSB)172.06°, 75.56%, 35.29%
RGB Binary10110, 1011010, 1010001
CIE-L*AB34.14, -23.06, -0.85
RGB Percent8.63%, 35.29%, 31.76%
CIE-L*CH34.14, 23.08, 182.10
XYZ5.47, 8.08, 9.06
CIE-L*UV34.14, -24.63, 1.93
xyY0.24, 0.36, 8.08
Hunter-Lab28.42, -15.37, 1.00
RYB8.63%, 22.91%, 35.29%

Color Accessibility Scores

#165A51 on a dark background: contrast 2.62:1, fails WCAG AA.
#165A51 on a light background: contrast 8.03:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #165A51, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#165A51 · #28A494 · #051512 · #5A161F · #A42838

Analogous palette

#1F5A16 · #165A2F · #165A51 · #16415A · #161F5A

Triadic palette

#165A51 · #51165A · #5A5116 · #28A494 · #9428A4

Tetradic palette

#165A51 · #2F165A · #5A161F · #415A16 · #051512

Monochromatic palette

#051512 · #071D1A · #165A51 · #259889 · #3ACFBB

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