#165EC9#165EC9

#165EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.180 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165EC9
RGBrgb(22, 94, 201)
HSLhsl(216, 80%, 44%)
HSVhsv(216, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.1%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(41.83, 20.16, -61.34)
CIE-LCHlch(41.83, 64.57, 288.19°)
OKLaboklab(50.52% -0.0334 -0.1771)
OKLCHoklch(50.52% 0.18 259.3)
XYZxyz(14.8723, 12.3911, 56.8549)
Luminance0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165EC9 #C98116
analogous
#16B7C9 #165EC9 #2716C9
triadic
#165EC9 #C9165E #5EC916
tetradic
#165EC9 #C916B7 #C98116 #16C927
square
#165EC9 #C916B7 #C98116 #16C927
split-complementary
#165EC9 #C92716 #B7C916
monochromatic
#0A2A5B #104492 #165EC9 #337CE9 #6BA0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04
#165EC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48
#165EC9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165EC9
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165EC9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165EC91.006.043.486.04
#FFFFFF6.041.0021.001.00
#0000003.4821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.041.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006BCD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005BC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00798A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 94, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.180 259.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#788ada',
    500: '#165ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165ec9;
$custom-light: #788ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.866,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50518,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165EC9
secondary
#D4A867
accent
#A731F7
background
#F8F8FD
surface
#EFF0FB
border
#CACBD4
text
#0B0B15
muted
#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #165EC9

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#165EC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva