#16374B#16374B

#16374B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.052 H 238.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16374B
RGB	rgb(22, 55, 75)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, -4.72, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 16.54, 253.41°)
OKLab	oklab(32.21% -0.0278 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(32.21% 0.052 238)
XYZ	xyz(2.9666, 3.4106, 7.1572)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16374B #4B2A16

analogous

#164B45 #16374B #161D4B

triadic

#16374B #4B1637 #374B16

tetradic

#16374B #45164B #4B2A16 #1D4B16

square

#16374B #45164B #4B2A16 #1D4B16

split-complementary

#16374B #4B161D #4B4516

monochromatic

#071118 #08141C #16374B #245A7A #327CAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#16374B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#16374B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16374B

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16374B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16374B	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E374C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26314B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16374b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 55, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.052 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6d7d',
    500: '#16374b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16374b;
$custom-light: #5a6d7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16374b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.642,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32215,
    "c": 0.05246,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.03411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16374B

secondary

#83563A

accent

#824ADE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16374B

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

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