#165A8F#165A8F

#165A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.108 H 247.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165A8F
RGBrgb(22, 90, 143)
HSLhsl(206, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(206, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 37.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(36.86, -0.45, -35.03)
CIE-LCHlch(36.86, 35.03, 269.27°)
OKLaboklab(45.46% -0.0417 -0.0998)
OKLCHoklch(45.46% 0.108 247.3)
XYZxyz(8.9431, 9.4650, 27.3368)
Luminance0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165A8F #8F4B16
analogous
#168F88 #165A8F #161E8F
triadic
#165A8F #8F165A #5A8F16
tetradic
#165A8F #88168F #8F4B16 #1E8F16
square
#165A8F #88168F #8F4B16 #1E8F16
split-complementary
#165A8F #8F161E #8F8816
monochromatic
#061725 #0E395A #165A8F #1E7BC4 #3E9AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26
#165A8F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89
#165A8F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A8F
7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165A8F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165A8F1.007.262.897.26
#FFFFFF7.261.0021.001.00
#0000002.8921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#415D91
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2F528E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00676D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.108 247.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6988b0',
    500: '#165a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165a8f;
$custom-light: #6988b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.281,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45461,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165A8F
secondary
#C1783F
accent
#8838F0
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#ECEFF5
border
#C7CACF
text
#070B10
muted
#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

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#165A8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva