#165B99#165B99

#165B99 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.120 H 250.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B99
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 153)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 40.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 2.91, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 39.75, 274.20°)
OKLab	oklab(46.35% -0.0399 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(46.35% 0.12 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8195, 9.9514, 31.5341)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B99 #995416

analogous

#169996 #165B99 #161A99

triadic

#165B99 #99165B #5B9916

tetradic

#165B99 #961699 #995416 #1A9916

square

#165B99 #961699 #995416 #1A9916

split-complementary

#165B99 #99161A #999616

monochromatic

#071B2E #0E3B63 #165B99 #1E7BCF #4599E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#165B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#165B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B99

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B99	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#275498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.120 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88b7',
    500: '#165b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b99;
$custom-light: #6c88b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.397,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46348,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B99

secondary

#C58246

accent

#8F36F1

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B99

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

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