#16304E#16304E

#16304E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.063 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16304E
RGB	rgb(22, 48, 78)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(212, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.37, 1.28, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.37, 21.43, 273.43°)
OKLab	oklab(30.5% -0.018 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(30.5% 0.063 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7625, 2.8343, 7.6077)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16304E #4E3416

analogous

#164C4E #16304E #18164E

triadic

#16304E #4E1630 #304E16

tetradic

#16304E #4E164C #4E3416 #164E18

square

#16304E #4E164C #4E3416 #164E18

split-complementary

#16304E #4E1816 #4C4E16

monochromatic

#070F18 #09131E #16304E #234D7E #316BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#16304E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#16304E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16304E

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16304E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16304E	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23324F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00373B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16304e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 48, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.063 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a687f',
    500: '#16304e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16304e;
$custom-light: #5a687f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16304e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30495,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16304E

secondary

#85633A

accent

#9949DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04060A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16304E

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

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