#165C87#165C87

#165C87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.096 H 241.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C87
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 135)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(203, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, -4.87, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 30.24, 260.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% -0.046 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.096 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5295, 9.5731, 24.3152)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#165C87 #874116

analogous

#168779 #165C87 #162387

triadic

#165C87 #87165C #5C8716

tetradic

#165C87 #791687 #874116 #238716

square

#165C87 #791687 #874116 #238716

split-complementary

#165C87 #871623 #877916

monochromatic

#05141E #0D3852 #165C87 #1F80BC #39A0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#165C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#165C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C87

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C87	1.00	7.20	2.91	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.096 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688aaa',
    500: '#165c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c87;
$custom-light: #688aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.832,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45478,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C87

secondary

#BB6D3E

accent

#7E39EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C87

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

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