#16374C#16374C

#16374C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.054 H 239.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16374C
RGB	rgb(22, 55, 76)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, -4.33, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 17.01, 255.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% -0.0274 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.054 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0011, 3.4244, 7.3389)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16374C #4C2B16

analogous

#164C46 #16374C #161C4C

triadic

#16374C #4C1637 #374C16

tetradic

#16374C #46164C #4C2B16 #1C4C16

square

#16374C #46164C #4C2B16 #1C4C16

split-complementary

#16374C #4C161C #4C4616

monochromatic

#071118 #08151D #16374C #24597B #317CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#16374C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#16374C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16374C

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16374C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16374C	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D374D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26324C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16374c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 55, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.054 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6d7e',
    500: '#16374c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16374c;
$custom-light: #5a6d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16374c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32272,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16374C

secondary

#84573A

accent

#8349DE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04070A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16374C

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

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