#16262E#16262E

#16262E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.026 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16262E
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.14, -4.02, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.14, 8.39, 241.37°)
OKLab	oklab(25.82% -0.0166 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(25.82% 0.026 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.5170, 1.7540, 2.8428)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16262E #2E1E16

analogous

#162E2A #16262E #161A2E

triadic

#16262E #2E1626 #262E16

tetradic

#16262E #2A162E #2E1E16 #1A2E16

square

#16262E #2A162E #2E1E16 #1A2E16

split-complementary

#16262E #2E161A #2E2A16

monochromatic

#0A1115 #0A1115 #16262E #2A4857 #3E6A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.55

#16262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#16262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16262E

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16262E	1.00	15.55	1.35	15.55
#FFFFFF	15.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22252E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F232E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.026 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#546066',
    500: '#16262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16262e;
$custom-light: #546066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25818,
    "c": 0.02626,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16262E

secondary

#64493C

accent

#815CCB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E9EB

border

#C4C5C6

text

#030406

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16262E

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

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