#165A87#165A87

#165A87 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.098 H 243.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A87
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 135)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(204, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, -3.62, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 31.07, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% -0.0441 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.098 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3585, 9.2311, 24.2582)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A87 #874316

analogous

#16877B #165A87 #162187

triadic

#165A87 #87165A #5A8716

tetradic

#165A87 #7B1687 #874316 #218716

square

#165A87 #7B1687 #874316 #218716

split-complementary

#165A87 #871621 #877B16

monochromatic

#05141E #0D3752 #165A87 #1F7DBC #399DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#165A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#165A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A87

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A87	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.098 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6888aa',
    500: '#165a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a87;
$custom-light: #6888aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.894,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44972,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A87

secondary

#BB703E

accent

#8139EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A87

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

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