#1659B3#1659B3

#1659B3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.157 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1659B3
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 179)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(214, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 50.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 14.69, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 55.34, 285.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% -0.0331 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.157 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0369, 10.5685, 44.0446)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1659B3 #B37016

analogous

#16A8B3 #1659B3 #2216B3

triadic

#1659B3 #B31659 #59B316

tetradic

#1659B3 #B316A8 #B37016 #16B322

square

#1659B3 #B316A8 #B37016 #16B322

split-complementary

#1659B3 #B32216 #A8B316

monochromatic

#092346 #0F3E7C #1659B3 #2275E4 #5997EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#1659B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#1659B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1659B3

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1659B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1659B3	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F63B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1659b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.157 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7287ca',
    500: '#1659b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1659b3;
$custom-light: #7287ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1659b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.395,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47733,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1659B3

secondary

#CE9B57

accent

#A233F5

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#090B13

muted

#7B7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1659B3

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

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