#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
RGBrgb(22, 92, 143)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(205, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(37.49, -1.72, -34.03)
CIE-LCHlch(37.49, 34.07, 267.10°)
OKLaboklab(45.96% -0.0435 -0.0969)
OKLCHoklch(45.96% 0.106 245.8)
XYZxyz(9.1140, 9.8069, 27.3938)
Luminance0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##165C8F1.007.092.967.09
#FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00
#0000002.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00

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

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#165C8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva