#165B89#165B89

#165B89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.100 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B89
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 137)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(204, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, -3.46, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 31.59, 263.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% -0.0444 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.1 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5856, 9.4578, 25.0351)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B89 #894416

analogous

#16897D #165B89 #162189

triadic

#165B89 #89165B #5B8916

tetradic

#165B89 #7D1689 #894416 #218916

square

#165B89 #7D1689 #894416 #218916

split-complementary

#165B89 #891621 #897D16

monochromatic

#051520 #0E3854 #165B89 #1E7EBE #3A9DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#165B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#165B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B89

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B89	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.100 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6889ab',
    500: '#165b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b89;
$custom-light: #6889ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45343,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B89

secondary

#BD713E

accent

#8239EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B89

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

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