#165CC9#165CC9

#165CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.183 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165CC9
RGB	rgb(22, 92, 201)
HSL	hsl(217, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(217, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 54.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 21.47, -62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 65.84, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% -0.0322 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.183 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6968, 12.0400, 56.7964)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165CC9 #C98316

analogous

#16B5C9 #165CC9 #2916C9

triadic

#165CC9 #C9165C #5CC916

tetradic

#165CC9 #C916B5 #C98316 #16C929

square

#165CC9 #C916B5 #C98316 #16C929

split-complementary

#165CC9 #C92916 #B5C916

monochromatic

#0A2A5B #104392 #165CC9 #337AE9 #6B9EEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#165CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#165CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165CC9

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165CC9	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 92, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.183 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7889da',
    500: '#165cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165cc9;
$custom-light: #7889da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.536,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50098,
    "c": 0.18267,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165CC9

secondary

#D4A967

accent

#A931F7

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#EFEFFB

border

#CACAD4

text

#0B0B15

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #165CC9

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

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