#165FA0#165FA0

#165FA0 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.125 H 250.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165FA0
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 160)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(208, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 3.14, -41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 41.33, 274.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% -0.0415 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.125 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7658, 10.8917, 34.7858)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165FA0 #A05716

analogous

#16A09C #165FA0 #161AA0

triadic

#165FA0 #A0165F #5FA016

tetradic

#165FA0 #9C16A0 #A05716 #1AA016

square

#165FA0 #9C16A0 #A05716 #1AA016

split-complementary

#165FA0 #A0161A #A09C16

monochromatic

#071F34 #0F3F6A #165FA0 #1D7FD6 #4A9DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#165FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#165FA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165FA0

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165FA0	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F63A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28579F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.125 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bbc',
    500: '#165fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165fa0;
$custom-light: #6d8bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47768,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165FA0

secondary

#C8854A

accent

#8E35F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080C12

muted

#7B7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #165FA0

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

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