#165dfd

Color #165dfd

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 20.07 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 0.1

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Conversions

HEX

#165dfd

RGB

rgb(22, 93, 253)

HSL

hsl(221.6, 98.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.6, 91.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(91.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(45.75, 40.66, -84.41)

LCH

lch(45.75, 93.69, 295.72)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.2466, 262.99)

HWB

hwb(221.6, 8.6%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fdb616

Analogous

#16d0fd

#165dfd

#4316fd

Triadic

#165dfd

#fd165d

#5dfd16

Split-complementary

#165dfd

#fd4316

#d0fd16

Tetradic

#165dfd

#b616fd

#fdb616

#5dfd16

Square

#165dfd

#fd16d0

#fdb616

#16fd43

Shades

Color #165dfd mixed toward black.

#0247e3

#0239b6

#012b88

#011c5b

#000e2d

Tints

Color #165dfd mixed toward white.

#3d78fd

#6493fe

#8aaefe

#b1c9fe

#d8e4ff

Tones

Color #165dfd mixed toward gray.

#2964ea

#3c6cd6

#5073c3

#637bb0

#76829d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4041e3 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#3d37dd · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#1eccc6 · ΔE 46

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 30.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #165dfd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#165dfd]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#165dfd (#165dfd) is rgb(22, 93, 253) in RGB.

No, #165dfd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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