#165D89#165D89

#165D89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.098 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D89
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 137)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(203, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 32.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, -4.71, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 30.76, 261.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% -0.0463 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.098 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7588, 9.8043, 25.0929)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D89 #894216

analogous

#16897B #165D89 #162389

triadic

#165D89 #89165D #5D8916

tetradic

#165D89 #7B1689 #894216 #238916

square

#165D89 #7B1689 #894216 #238916

split-complementary

#165D89 #891623 #897B16

monochromatic

#051520 #0E3954 #165D89 #1E81BE #3AA0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#165D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#165D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D89

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D89	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)

#485E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.098 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688aab',
    500: '#165d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d89;
$custom-light: #688aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.957,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45847,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D89

secondary

#BD6E3E

accent

#7F39EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D89

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

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