#165fb7

Color #165fb7

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.9 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#165fb7

RGB

rgb(22, 95, 183)

HSL

hsl(212.8, 78.5%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.8, 88%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(88%, 48.1%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(40.85, 12.35, -52.46)

LCH

lch(40.85, 53.89, 283.25)

OKLCH

oklch(49.4%, 0.1554, 256.34)

HWB

hwb(212.8, 8.6%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b76e16

Analogous

#16afb7

#165fb7

#1e16b7

Triadic

#165fb7

#b7165f

#5fb716

Split-complementary

#165fb7

#b71e16

#afb716

Tetradic

#165fb7

#6e16b7

#b76e16

#5fb716

Square

#165fb7

#b716af

#b76e16

#16b71e

Shades

Color #165fb7 mixed toward black.

#124f98

#0f3f7a

#0b2f5b

#07203d

#04101e

Tints

Color #165fb7 mixed toward white.

#1c77e4

#4a92e9

#77adef

#a4c8f4

#d2e4fa

Tones

Color #165fb7 mixed toward gray.

#2360aa

#31629c

#3e638f

#4c6481

#596574

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.35:1

White text reads better on this background (6.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4242a7 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#3e38a3 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#1f9996 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #165fb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#165fb7]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#165fb7 (#165fb7) is rgb(22, 95, 183) in RGB.

No, #165fb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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