#165CA1#165CA1

#165CA1 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.130 H 252.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165CA1
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 161)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(210, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 42.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.55, 5.48, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.55, 43.51, 277.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.12% -0.0388 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(47.12% 0.13 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5886, 10.3967, 35.1600)
Luminance	0.1040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165CA1 #A15B16

analogous

#16A1A0 #165CA1 #1617A1

triadic

#165CA1 #A1165C #5CA116

tetradic

#165CA1 #A016A1 #A15B16 #17A116

square

#165CA1 #A016A1 #A15B16 #17A116

split-complementary

#165CA1 #A11617 #A1A016

monochromatic

#071E35 #0F3D6B #165CA1 #1D7BD7 #4B99E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#165CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#165CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165CA1

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165CA1	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3961A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F55A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.130 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e89bd',
    500: '#165ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165ca1;
$custom-light: #6e89bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.784,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47122,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165CA1

secondary

#C8894B

accent

#9335F3

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165CA1

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

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