#165F9E#165F9E

#165F9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.122 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F9E
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 158)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 39.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.28, 2.34, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.28, 40.27, 273.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% -0.042 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.122 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5923, 10.8223, 33.8718)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F9E #9E5516

analogous

#169E99 #165F9E #161B9E

triadic

#165F9E #9E165F #5F9E16

tetradic

#165F9E #99169E #9E5516 #1B9E16

square

#165F9E #99169E #9E5516 #1B9E16

split-complementary

#165F9E #9E161B #9E9916

monochromatic

#071E33 #0F3F68 #165F9E #1D7FD4 #499DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#165F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#165F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F9E

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F9E	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4063A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A579D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.122 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bbb',
    500: '#165f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f9e;
$custom-light: #6d8bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47637,
    "c": 0.12237,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F9E

secondary

#C78349

accent

#8D36F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080C12

muted

#7B7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F9E

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

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