#165A9F#165A9F

#165A9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.129 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165A9F
RGBrgb(22, 90, 159)
HSLhsl(210, 76%, 35%)
HSVhsv(210, 86%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(86.2%, 43.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(37.82, 5.98, -43.14)
CIE-LCHlch(37.82, 43.55, 277.89°)
OKLaboklab(46.51% -0.0376 -0.1237)
OKLCHoklch(46.51% 0.129 253.1)
XYZxyz(10.2427, 9.9848, 34.1816)
Luminance0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165A9F #9F5B16
analogous
#169E9F #165A9F #16169F
triadic
#165A9F #9F165A #5A9F16
tetradic
#165A9F #9F169E #9F5B16 #169F16
square
#165A9F #9F169E #9F5B16 #169F16
split-complementary
#165A9F #9F1616 #9E9F16
monochromatic
#071D33 #0F3C69 #165A9F #1D78D5 #4A97E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01
#165A9F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00
#165A9F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A9F
7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165A9F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165A9F1.007.013.007.01
#FFFFFF7.011.0021.001.00
#0000003.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.011.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3760A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1C539E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006B74
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.129 253.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88bc',
    500: '#165a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165a9f;
$custom-light: #6d88bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.219,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46513,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165A9F
secondary
#C7894A
accent
#9536F2
background
#F7F8FB
surface
#EDEFF6
border
#C8CAD0
text
#080B12
muted
#7B7C81

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#165A9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva