#165C8F#165C8F

#165C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.106 H 245.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165C8F
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 143)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, -1.72, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 34.07, 267.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.96% -0.0435 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(45.96% 0.106 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1140, 9.8069, 27.3938)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165C8F #8F4916

analogous

#168F85 #165C8F #16208F

triadic

#165C8F #8F165C #5C8F16

tetradic

#165C8F #85168F #8F4916 #208F16

square

#165C8F #85168F #8F4916 #208F16

split-complementary

#165C8F #8F1620 #8F8516

monochromatic

#061825 #0E3A5A #165C8F #1E7EC4 #3E9DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#165C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#165C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165C8F

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165C8F	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32538E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.106 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989b0',
    500: '#165c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165c8f;
$custom-light: #6989b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.289,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45956,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165C8F

secondary

#C1763F

accent

#8538F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F5

border

#C7CBCF

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165C8F

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

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