#165D8E#165D8E

#165D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.104 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165D8E
RGB	rgb(22, 93, 142)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, -2.75, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 33.12, 265.24°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% -0.0447 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.104 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1258, 9.9511, 27.0257)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165D8E #8E4716

analogous

#168E83 #165D8E #16218E

triadic

#165D8E #8E165D #5D8E16

tetradic

#165D8E #83168E #8E4716 #218E16

square

#165D8E #83168E #8E4716 #218E16

split-complementary

#165D8E #8E1621 #8E8316

monochromatic

#061824 #0E3A59 #165D8E #1E80C3 #3D9EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#165D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#165D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165D8E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165D8E	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35548D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 93, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.104 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698aaf',
    500: '#165d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165d8e;
$custom-light: #698aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46144,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165D8E

secondary

#C1743F

accent

#8338F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165D8E

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

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