#16355A#16355A

#16355A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.076 H 254.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16355A
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 90)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(213, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 41.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.78, 2.69, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.78, 25.71, 276.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% -0.0203 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.076 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.4488, 3.4546, 10.1559)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16355A #5A3B16

analogous

#16575A #16355A #19165A

triadic

#16355A #5A1635 #355A16

tetradic

#16355A #5A1657 #5A3B16 #165A19

square

#16355A #5A1657 #5A3B16 #165A19

split-complementary

#16355A #5A1916 #575A16

monochromatic

#060E19 #0A1829 #16355A #22528B #2E6FBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#16355A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#16355A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16355A

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16355A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16355A	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24385B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16355a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.076 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6b89',
    500: '#16355a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16355a;
$custom-light: #5d6b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16355a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.647,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32618,
    "c": 0.07556,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16355A

secondary

#916A3B

accent

#9B44E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05060B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16355A

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

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