#165399#165399

#165399 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.129 H 255.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165399
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 153)
HSL	hsl(212, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(212, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 8.16, -43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 44.31, 280.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% -0.0332 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.129 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1717, 8.6558, 31.3182)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165399 #995C16

analogous

#169599 #165399 #1B1699

triadic

#165399 #991653 #539916

tetradic

#165399 #991695 #995C16 #16991B

square

#165399 #991695 #995C16 #16991B

split-complementary

#165399 #991B16 #959916

monochromatic

#07192E #0E3663 #165399 #1E70CF #458FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#165399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#165399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165399

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165399	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E599C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00646E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.129 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c82b7',
    500: '#165399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165399;
$custom-light: #6c82b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.061,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44446,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165399

secondary

#C58A46

accent

#9A36F1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #165399

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

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