#165BC9#165BC9

#165BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.184 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165BC9
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(217, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(217, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 22.13, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 66.48, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% -0.0317 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.184 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6107, 11.8679, 56.7677)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165BC9 #C98416

analogous

#16B4C9 #165BC9 #2B16C9

triadic

#165BC9 #C9165B #5BC916

tetradic

#165BC9 #C916B4 #C98416 #16C92B

square

#165BC9 #C916B4 #C98416 #16C92B

split-complementary

#165BC9 #C92B16 #B4C916

monochromatic

#0A295B #104292 #165BC9 #3379E9 #6B9EEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#165BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#165BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165BC9

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165BC9	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.184 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7888da',
    500: '#165bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165bc9;
$custom-light: #7888da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.872,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49889,
    "c": 0.18389,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165BC9

secondary

#D4AA67

accent

#AB31F7

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#EFEFFB

border

#CACAD4

text

#0B0B15

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #165BC9

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

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