#165899#165899

#165899 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.124 H 252.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165899
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 153)
HSL	hsl(210, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(210, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 42.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, 4.86, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 41.40, 276.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.63% -0.0373 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(45.63% 0.124 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5682, 9.4487, 31.4503)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165899 #995716

analogous

#169999 #165899 #161799

triadic

#165899 #991658 #589916

tetradic

#165899 #991699 #995716 #179916

square

#165899 #991699 #995716 #179916

split-complementary

#165899 #991617 #999916

monochromatic

#071A2E #0E3963 #165899 #1E77CF #4595E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#165899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#165899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165899

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165899	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.124 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c86b7',
    500: '#165899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165899;
$custom-light: #6c86b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.771,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45629,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165899

secondary

#C58546

accent

#9336F1

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #165899

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

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