#16374E#16374E

#16374E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.056 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16374E
RGB	rgb(22, 55, 78)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 29.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, -3.55, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 17.97, 258.61°)
OKLab	oklab(32.39% -0.0266 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(32.39% 0.056 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0717, 3.4527, 7.7108)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16374E #4E2D16

analogous

#164E49 #16374E #161B4E

triadic

#16374E #4E1637 #374E16

tetradic

#16374E #49164E #4E2D16 #1B4E16

square

#16374E #49164E #4E2D16 #1B4E16

split-complementary

#16374E #4E161B #4E4916

monochromatic

#071118 #09151E #16374E #23597E #317AAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#16374E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#16374E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16374E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16374E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16374E	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)

#2D374F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25324E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16374e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 55, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.056 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6d7f',
    500: '#16374e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16374e;
$custom-light: #5a6d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16374e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.643,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32388,
    "c": 0.05629,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16374E

secondary

#85593A

accent

#8649DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04070A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16374E

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

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