#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
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 143)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(206, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 37.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, -0.45, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 35.03, 269.27°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% -0.0417 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.108 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9431, 9.4650, 27.3368)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##165A8F	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #165A8F

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

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