#165A89#165A89

#165A89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.101 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A89
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 137)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(205, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, -2.83, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 32.03, 264.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.09% -0.0435 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(45.09% 0.101 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5006, 9.2880, 25.0068)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A89 #894516

analogous

#16897E #165A89 #162089

triadic

#165A89 #89165A #5A8916

tetradic

#165A89 #7E1689 #894516 #208916

square

#165A89 #7E1689 #894516 #208916

split-complementary

#165A89 #891620 #897E16

monochromatic

#051520 #0E3754 #165A89 #1E7DBE #3A9CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#165A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#165A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A89

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A89	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)

#445C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.101 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6888ab',
    500: '#165a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a89;
$custom-light: #6888ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45092,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A89

secondary

#BD723E

accent

#8339EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A89

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

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