#165E87#165E87

#165E87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.095 H 239.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E87
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 135)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(202, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, -6.11, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 29.48, 258.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.99% -0.0479 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(45.99% 0.095 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7050, 9.9242, 24.3737)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#165E87 #873F16

analogous

#168777 #165E87 #162587

triadic

#165E87 #87165E #5E8716

tetradic

#165E87 #771687 #873F16 #258716

square

#165E87 #771687 #873F16 #258716

split-complementary

#165E87 #871625 #877716

monochromatic

#05151E #0D3952 #165E87 #1F83BC #39A2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#165E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#165E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E87

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E87	1.00	7.04	2.99	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.095 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688baa',
    500: '#165e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e87;
$custom-light: #688baa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.77,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45986,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E87

secondary

#BB6B3E

accent

#7B39EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E87

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

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