#165B9E#165B9E

#165B9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.127 H 252.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B9E
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 158)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(210, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 42.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.06, 4.92, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.06, 42.44, 276.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% -0.0386 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.127 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2412, 10.1201, 33.7547)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B9E #9E5916

analogous

#169E9D #165B9E #16179E

triadic

#165B9E #9E165B #5B9E16

tetradic

#165B9E #9D169E #9E5916 #179E16

square

#165B9E #9D169E #9E5916 #179E16

split-complementary

#165B9E #9E1617 #9E9D16

monochromatic

#071D33 #0F3C68 #165B9E #1D7AD4 #4998E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#165B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#165B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B9E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B9E	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3960A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21549D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.127 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88bb',
    500: '#165b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b9e;
$custom-light: #6d88bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46682,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B9E

secondary

#C78749

accent

#9336F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B9E

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

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