#165A99#165A99

#165A99 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.121 H 251.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A99
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 153)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(209, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 41.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 3.56, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 40.29, 275.07°)
OKLab	oklab(46.11% -0.039 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(46.11% 0.121 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7346, 9.7816, 31.5058)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A99 #995516

analogous

#169997 #165A99 #161999

triadic

#165A99 #99165A #5A9916

tetradic

#165A99 #971699 #995516 #199916

square

#165A99 #971699 #995516 #199916

split-complementary

#165A99 #991619 #999716

monochromatic

#071B2E #0E3B63 #165A99 #1E79CF #4598E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#165A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#165A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A99

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A99	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#255398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.121 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88b7',
    500: '#165a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a99;
$custom-light: #6c88b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.855,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46108,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A99

secondary

#C58346

accent

#9036F1

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A99

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

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