#165AC9#165AC9

#165AC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.185 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165AC9
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 201)
HSL	hsl(217, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(217, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 22.79, -63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 67.12, 289.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% -0.0311 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.185 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5258, 11.6981, 56.7394)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165AC9 #C98516

analogous

#16B3C9 #165AC9 #2C16C9

triadic

#165AC9 #C9165A #5AC916

tetradic

#165AC9 #C916B3 #C98516 #16C92C

square

#165AC9 #C916B3 #C98516 #16C92C

split-complementary

#165AC9 #C92C16 #B3C916

monochromatic

#0A295B #104192 #165AC9 #3378E9 #6B9DEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#165AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#165AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165AC9

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165AC9	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.185 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7887da',
    500: '#165ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165ac9;
$custom-light: #7887da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.207,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49682,
    "c": 0.18509,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165AC9

secondary

#D4AB67

accent

#AC31F7

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#EFEFFB

border

#CACAD4

text

#0B0B15

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #165AC9

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

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