#165799#165799

#165799 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.125 H 253.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165799
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 153)
HSL	hsl(210, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(210, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 43.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, 5.52, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 41.97, 277.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% -0.0365 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.125 253)
XYZ	xyz(9.4867, 9.2857, 31.4231)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165799 #995816

analogous

#169999 #165799 #171699

triadic

#165799 #991657 #579916

tetradic

#165799 #991699 #995816 #169917

square

#165799 #991699 #995816 #169917

split-complementary

#165799 #991716 #999916

monochromatic

#071A2E #0E3963 #165799 #1E75CF #4594E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#165799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165799

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165799	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.125 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c85b7',
    500: '#165799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165799;
$custom-light: #6c85b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.229,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45391,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.09287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165799

secondary

#C58646

accent

#9536F1

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #165799

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

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