#165B87#165B87

#165B87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.097 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B87
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 135)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(203, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 32.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, -4.25, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 30.65, 262.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% -0.0451 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.097 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4434, 9.4010, 24.2865)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B87 #874216

analogous

#16877A #165B87 #162287

triadic

#165B87 #87165B #5B8716

tetradic

#165B87 #7A1687 #874216 #228716

square

#165B87 #7A1687 #874216 #228716

split-complementary

#165B87 #871622 #877A16

monochromatic

#05141E #0D3852 #165B87 #1F7EBC #399EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#165B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#165B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B87

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B87	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.097 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6889aa',
    500: '#165b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b87;
$custom-light: #6889aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.363,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45224,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B87

secondary

#BB6F3E

accent

#8039EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B87

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

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