#16282E#16282E

#16282E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.026 H 221.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16282E
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 13%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.87, -5.40, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.87, 8.26, 229.21°)
OKLab	oklab(26.4% -0.0197 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(26.4% 0.026 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.5826, 1.8853, 2.8647)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16282E #2E1C16

analogous

#162E28 #16282E #161C2E

triadic

#16282E #2E1628 #282E16

tetradic

#16282E #28162E #2E1C16 #1C2E16

square

#16282E #28162E #2E1C16 #1C2E16

split-complementary

#16282E #2E161C #2E2816

monochromatic

#0A1215 #0A1215 #16282E #2A4C57 #3E7081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.25

#16282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#16282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16282E

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16282E	1.00	15.25	1.38	15.25
#FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24272E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21242E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2A2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.026 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#556166',
    500: '#16282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16282e;
$custom-light: #556166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26402,
    "c": 0.02621,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16282E

secondary

#64463C

accent

#785CCB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E9EB

border

#C4C5C6

text

#030506

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16282E

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

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