#16273D#16273D

#16273D is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.047 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16273D
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 61)
HSL	hsl(214, 47%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 36.1%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.27, 0.89, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.27, 16.23, 273.13°)
OKLab	oklab(26.96% -0.0119 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(26.96% 0.047 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8984, 1.9584, 4.6919)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16273D #3D2C16

analogous

#163B3D #16273D #19163D

triadic

#16273D #3D1627 #273D16

tetradic

#16273D #3D163B #3D2C16 #163D19

square

#16273D #3D163B #3D2C16 #163D19

split-complementary

#16273D #3D1916 #3B3D16

monochromatic

#080E16 #080E16 #16273D #26446A #366197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.09

#16273D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#16273D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16273D

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16273D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16273D	1.00	15.09	1.39	15.09
#FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E283E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19253D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#012C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16273d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.047 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576072',
    500: '#16273d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16273d;
$custom-light: #576072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16273d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26961,
    "c": 0.04719,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16273D

secondary

#745B3B

accent

#9C51D7

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16273D

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

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