#165A9E#165A9E

#165A9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.128 H 252.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A9E
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 158)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(210, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 43%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 5.57, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 43.01, 277.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.45% -0.0378 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(46.45% 0.128 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1563, 9.9502, 33.7264)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A9E #9E5A16

analogous

#169E9E #165A9E #16169E

triadic

#165A9E #9E165A #5A9E16

tetradic

#165A9E #9E169E #9E5A16 #169E16

square

#165A9E #9E169E #9E5A16 #169E16

split-complementary

#165A9E #9E1616 #9E9E16

monochromatic

#071D33 #0F3B68 #165A9E #1D79D4 #4997E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#165A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#165A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A9E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A9E	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E539D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.128 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88bb',
    500: '#165a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a9e;
$custom-light: #6d88bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46445,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A9E

secondary

#C78849

accent

#9436F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A9E

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

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