#16355C#16355C

#16355C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.079 H 255.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16355C
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 92)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(213, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 42.4%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 3.52, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 26.91, 277.51°)
OKLab	oklab(32.76% -0.0197 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(32.76% 0.079 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5350, 3.4891, 10.6103)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16355C #5C3D16

analogous

#16585C #16355C #1A165C

triadic

#16355C #5C1635 #355C16

tetradic

#16355C #5C1658 #5C3D16 #165C1A

square

#16355C #5C1658 #5C3D16 #165C1A

split-complementary

#16355C #5C1A16 #585C16

monochromatic

#060E19 #0A192B #16355C #22518D #2E6EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#16355C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#16355C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16355C

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16355C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16355C	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23385E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18315B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16355c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.079 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6b8a',
    500: '#16355c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16355c;
$custom-light: #5d6b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16355c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32756,
    "c": 0.07858,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16355C

secondary

#936C3B

accent

#9D43E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05060C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16355C

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

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