#165A8D#165A8D

#165A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.106 H 246.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A8D
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 141)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(206, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, -1.25, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 34.01, 267.90°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% -0.0423 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.106 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7929, 9.4049, 26.5460)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A8D #8D4916

analogous

#168D85 #165A8D #161F8D

triadic

#165A8D #8D165A #5A8D16

tetradic

#165A8D #85168D #8D4916 #1F8D16

square

#165A8D #85168D #8D4916 #1F8D16

split-complementary

#165A8D #8D161F #8D8516

monochromatic

#051623 #0E3858 #165A8D #1E7CC2 #3D9AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#165A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#165A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A8D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A8D	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31528C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.106 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6988ae',
    500: '#165a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a8d;
$custom-light: #6988ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45336,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A8D

secondary

#C1763E

accent

#8738F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A8D

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

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