#16355B#16355B

#16355B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.077 H 255.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16355B
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 91)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(213, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 3.10, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 26.31, 276.77°)
OKLab	oklab(32.69% -0.02 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(32.69% 0.077 255)
XYZ	xyz(3.4916, 3.4717, 10.3816)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16355B #5B3C16

analogous

#16585B #16355B #19165B

triadic

#16355B #5B1635 #355B16

tetradic

#16355B #5B1658 #5B3C16 #165B19

square

#16355B #5B1658 #5B3C16 #165B19

split-complementary

#16355B #5B1916 #585B16

monochromatic

#060E19 #0A182A #16355B #22528C #2E6EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#16355B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#16355B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16355B

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16355B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16355B	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24385D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19315A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16355b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.077 255.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16355b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32687,
    "c": 0.07707,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.03472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16355B

secondary

#926B3B

accent

#9C44E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05060B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16355B

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

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