#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
RGB	rgb(22, 94, 201)
HSL	hsl(216, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(216, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, 20.16, -61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 64.57, 288.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% -0.0334 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.18 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8723, 12.3911, 56.8549)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##165EC9	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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