#16283C#16283C

#16283C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.044 H 252.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16283C
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 60)
HSL	hsl(212, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.56, -0.22, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.56, 15.05, 269.15°)
OKLab	oklab(27.17% -0.0137 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(27.17% 0.044 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9050, 2.0142, 4.5625)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16283C #3C2A16

analogous

#163B3C #16283C #17163C

triadic

#16283C #3C1628 #283C16

tetradic

#16283C #3C163B #3C2A16 #163C17

square

#16283C #3C163B #3C2A16 #163C17

split-complementary

#16283C #3C1716 #3B3C16

monochromatic

#080F16 #080F16 #16283C #264669 #376496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#16283C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#16283C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16283C

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16283C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16283C	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20293D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B253C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#012D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16283c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.044 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576171',
    500: '#16283c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16283c;
$custom-light: #576171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16283c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27173,
    "c": 0.04445,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16283C

secondary

#73583B

accent

#9752D6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16283C

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

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