#165B9F#165B9F

#165B9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.128 H 252.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B9F
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 159)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(210, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 42.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 5.32, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 42.99, 277.11°)
OKLab	oklab(46.75% -0.0384 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(46.75% 0.128 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3276, 10.1546, 34.2099)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B9F #9F5A16

analogous

#169F9E #165B9F #16169F

triadic

#165B9F #9F165B #5B9F16

tetradic

#165B9F #9E169F #9F5A16 #169F16

square

#165B9F #9E169F #9F5A16 #169F16

split-complementary

#165B9F #9F1616 #9F9E16

monochromatic

#071D33 #0F3C69 #165B9F #1D7AD5 #4A98E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#165B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#165B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B9F

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B9F	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3960A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F549E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.128 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88bc',
    500: '#165b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b9f;
$custom-light: #6d88bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.781,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4675,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B9F

secondary

#C7884A

accent

#9336F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B9F

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

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