#16283D#16283D

#16283D is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.046 H 253.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16283D
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 61)
HSL	hsl(212, 47%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 34.4%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.62, 0.17, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.62, 15.66, 270.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.24% -0.0133 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(27.24% 0.046 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.9317, 2.0249, 4.7030)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16283D #3D2B16

analogous

#163C3D #16283D #18163D

triadic

#16283D #3D1628 #283D16

tetradic

#16283D #3D163C #3D2B16 #163D18

square

#16283D #3D163C #3D2B16 #163D18

split-complementary

#16283D #3D1816 #3C3D16

monochromatic

#080F16 #080F16 #16283D #26456A #366397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.95

#16283D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#16283D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16283D

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16283D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16283D	1.00	14.95	1.41	14.95
#FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F293E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A253D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16283d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.046 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576172',
    500: '#16283d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16283d;
$custom-light: #576172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16283d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27235,
    "c": 0.04602,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16283D

secondary

#745A3B

accent

#9951D7

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16283D

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

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