#165D87#165D87

#165D87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.096 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D87
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 135)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(202, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 31.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, -5.50, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 29.85, 259.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% -0.047 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.096 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6167, 9.7475, 24.3443)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D87 #874016

analogous

#168778 #165D87 #162487

triadic

#165D87 #87165D #5D8716

tetradic

#165D87 #781687 #874016 #248716

square

#165D87 #781687 #874016 #248716

split-complementary

#165D87 #871624 #877816

monochromatic

#05141E #0D3952 #165D87 #1F81BC #39A1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#165D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#165D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D87

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D87	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.096 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688aaa',
    500: '#165d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d87;
$custom-light: #688aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.301,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45731,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D87

secondary

#BB6C3E

accent

#7D39EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D87

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

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