#165E89#165E89

#165E89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.097 H 240.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E89
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 137)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(202, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, -5.33, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 30.37, 259.89°)
OKLab	oklab(46.1% -0.0473 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(46.1% 0.097 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8472, 9.9810, 25.1223)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E89 #894116

analogous

#16897A #165E89 #162489

triadic

#165E89 #89165E #5E8916

tetradic

#165E89 #7A1689 #894116 #248916

square

#165E89 #7A1689 #894116 #248916

split-complementary

#165E89 #891624 #897A16

monochromatic

#051620 #0E3A54 #165E89 #1E82BE #3AA2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#165E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#165E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E89

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E89	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.097 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688bab',
    500: '#165e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e89;
$custom-light: #688bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.461,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E89

secondary

#BD6D3E

accent

#7D39EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E89

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →