#165E9F#165E9F

#165E9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.125 H 250.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165E9F
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 159)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 40.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.03, 3.38, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.03, 41.34, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% -0.0409 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.125 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5892, 10.6778, 34.2971)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165E9F #9F5716

analogous

#169F9B #165E9F #16199F

triadic

#165E9F #9F165E #5E9F16

tetradic

#165E9F #9B169F #9F5716 #199F16

square

#165E9F #9B169F #9F5716 #199F16

split-complementary

#165E9F #9F1619 #9F9B16

monochromatic

#071E33 #0F3E69 #165E9F #1D7ED5 #4A9CE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#165E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#165E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165E9F

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165E9F	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E62A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27569E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.125 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bbc',
    500: '#165e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165e9f;
$custom-light: #6d8bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.467,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47463,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165E9F

secondary

#C7854A

accent

#8F36F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165E9F

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

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