#16273E#16273E

#16273E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.049 H 256.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16273E
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 62)
HSL	hsl(215, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.33, 1.28, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.33, 16.86, 274.36°)
OKLab	oklab(27.03% -0.0116 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(27.03% 0.049 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9256, 1.9693, 4.8351)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16273E #3E2D16

analogous

#163B3E #16273E #19163E

triadic

#16273E #3E1627 #273E16

tetradic

#16273E #3E163B #3E2D16 #163E19

square

#16273E #3E163B #3E2D16 #163E19

split-complementary

#16273E #3E1916 #3B3E16

monochromatic

#080E17 #080E17 #16273E #26436B #366098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.07

#16273E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#16273E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16273E

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16273E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16273E	1.00	15.07	1.39	15.07
#FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E283F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19253E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16273e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.049 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576073',
    500: '#16273e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16273e;
$custom-light: #576073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16273e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27025,
    "c": 0.04881,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16273E

secondary

#755C3B

accent

#9E51D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16273E

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

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