#165B8F#165B8F

#165B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.107 H 246.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B8F
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 143)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(206, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 36.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, -1.09, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 34.54, 268.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% -0.0426 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.107 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0280, 9.6348, 27.3652)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B8F #8F4A16

analogous

#168F86 #165B8F #161F8F

triadic

#165B8F #8F165B #5B8F16

tetradic

#165B8F #86168F #8F4A16 #1F8F16

square

#165B8F #86168F #8F4A16 #1F8F16

split-complementary

#165B8F #8F161F #8F8616

monochromatic

#061725 #0E395A #165B8F #1E7DC4 #3E9BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#165B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#165B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B8F

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B8F	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31538E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.107 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989b0',
    500: '#165b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b8f;
$custom-light: #6989b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.785,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45708,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B8F

secondary

#C1773F

accent

#8738F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF5

border

#C7CACF

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B8F

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

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