#16263B#16263B

#16263B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.045 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16263B
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 59)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.80, 0.83, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.80, 15.56, 273.04°)
OKLab	oklab(26.56% -0.0112 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(26.56% 0.045 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.8131, 1.8724, 4.4027)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16263B #3B2B16

analogous

#16383B #16263B #18163B

triadic

#16263B #3B1626 #263B16

tetradic

#16263B #3B1638 #3B2B16 #163B18

square

#16263B #3B1638 #3B2B16 #163B18

split-complementary

#16263B #3B1816 #383B16

monochromatic

#080E16 #080E16 #16263B #274368 #375F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.28

#16263B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16263B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16263B

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16263B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16263B	1.00	15.28	1.37	15.28
#FFFFFF	15.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E273C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19243B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#032B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16263b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.045 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#566071',
    500: '#16263b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16263b;
$custom-light: #566071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16263b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2656,
    "c": 0.04513,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16263B

secondary

#725A3B

accent

#9D52D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16263B

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

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