#16334E#16334E

#16334E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.060 H 248.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16334E
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 78)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.39, -0.82, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.39, 19.80, 267.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.3% -0.0217 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(31.3% 0.06 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.8893, 3.0880, 7.6500)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16334E #4E3116

analogous

#164E4D #16334E #16174E

triadic

#16334E #4E1633 #334E16

tetradic

#16334E #4D164E #4E3116 #174E16

square

#16334E #4D164E #4E3116 #174E16

split-complementary

#16334E #4E1617 #4E4D16

monochromatic

#071018 #09141E #16334E #23527E #3171AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#16334E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#16334E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16334E

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16334E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16334E	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27344F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00393D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16334e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.060 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6a7f',
    500: '#16334e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16334e;
$custom-light: #5a6a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16334e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.929,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31299,
    "c": 0.05998,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16334E

secondary

#855F3A

accent

#9149DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04060A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16334E

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

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