#165D8D#165D8D

#165D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.103 H 244.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D8D
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 141)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(204, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 34%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, -3.14, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 32.64, 264.48°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% -0.045 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.103 244)
XYZ	xyz(9.0511, 9.9212, 26.6321)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D8D #8D4616

analogous

#168D82 #165D8D #16218D

triadic

#165D8D #8D165D #5D8D16

tetradic

#165D8D #82168D #8D4616 #218D16

square

#165D8D #82168D #8D4616 #218D16

split-complementary

#165D8D #8D1621 #8D8216

monochromatic

#051723 #0E3A58 #165D8D #1E80C2 #3D9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#165D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#165D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D8D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D8D	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36548C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.103 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698aae',
    500: '#165d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d8d;
$custom-light: #698aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46084,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.09922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D8D

secondary

#C1733E

accent

#8238F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D8D

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

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