Color

#165ebb

#165ebb
hex#165ebb
rgbrgb(22, 94, 187)
hslhsl(214, 79%, 41%)
oklchoklch(0.494 0.162 257.4)
Closest name: Blasphemous Blue (#3356aa)Relative luminance 0.1176

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bb7416

#16b0bb · #2116bb

#bb165e · #5ebb16

Split-complementary

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#bb2116 · #b0bb16

#bb16b0 · #bb7416 · #16bb21

Contrast

#165ebb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
6.26:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #1457ad as the text (7.01:1)
Aaon black
3.35:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #1b72e4 as the text (4.57:1)
  • AAA: use #5697eb as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #dbdbdb (4.52:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #165ebb as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#165ebb reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #165ebb
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #165ebb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/165ebb-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md