#165F9F#165F9F

#165F9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.124 H 250.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F9F
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 159)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 40.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 2.74, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 40.80, 273.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% -0.0417 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.124 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6787, 10.8568, 34.3269)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F9F #9F5616

analogous

#169F9A #165F9F #161A9F

triadic

#165F9F #9F165F #5F9F16

tetradic

#165F9F #9A169F #9F5616 #1A9F16

square

#165F9F #9A169F #9F5616 #1A9F16

split-complementary

#165F9F #9F161A #9F9A16

monochromatic

#071F33 #0F3F69 #165F9F #1D7FD5 #4A9DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#165F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#165F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F9F

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F9F	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4063A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29579E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.124 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bbc',
    500: '#165f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f9f;
$custom-light: #6d8bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.029,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47702,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F9F

secondary

#C7844A

accent

#8E36F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080C12

muted

#7B7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F9F

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

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