#16273B#16273B

#16273B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.044 H 253.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16273B
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 59)
HSL	hsl(212, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 33.9%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.15, 0.10, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.15, 14.99, 270.39°)
OKLab	oklab(26.84% -0.0126 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(26.84% 0.044 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.8455, 1.9372, 4.4135)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16273B #3B2A16

analogous

#16393B #16273B #17163B

triadic

#16273B #3B1627 #273B16

tetradic

#16273B #3B1639 #3B2A16 #163B17

square

#16273B #3B1639 #3B2A16 #163B17

split-complementary

#16273B #3B1716 #393B16

monochromatic

#080F16 #080F16 #16273B #274468 #376294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.14

#16273B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#16273B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16273B

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16273B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16273B	1.00	15.14	1.39	15.14
#FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F283C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A243B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16273b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.044 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#566071',
    500: '#16273b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16273b;
$custom-light: #566071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16273b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26836,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16273B

secondary

#72593B

accent

#9952D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16273B

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

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