#165C8E#165C8E

#165C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.105 H 245.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C8E
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 142)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, -2.12, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 33.58, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% -0.0438 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.105 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0386, 9.7767, 26.9967)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C8E #8E4816

analogous

#168E84 #165C8E #16208E

triadic

#165C8E #8E165C #5C8E16

tetradic

#165C8E #84168E #8E4816 #208E16

square

#165C8E #84168E #8E4816 #208E16

split-complementary

#165C8E #8E1620 #8E8416

monochromatic

#061724 #0E3A59 #165C8E #1E7EC3 #3D9DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#165C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#165C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C8E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C8E	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.105 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989af',
    500: '#165c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c8e;
$custom-light: #6989af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45895,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C8E

secondary

#C1753F

accent

#8538F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C8E

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

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