#16374F#16374F

#16374F is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.058 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16374F
RGB	rgb(22, 55, 79)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, -3.15, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 18.48, 260.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.45% -0.0262 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(32.45% 0.058 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1078, 3.4671, 7.9011)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16374F #4F2E16

analogous

#164F4B #16374F #161B4F

triadic

#16374F #4F1637 #374F16

tetradic

#16374F #4B164F #4F2E16 #1B4F16

square

#16374F #4B164F #4F2E16 #1B4F16

split-complementary

#16374F #4F161B #4F4B16

monochromatic

#071118 #09161F #16374F #23587F #317AAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#16374F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#16374F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16374F

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16374F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16374F	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24324F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16374f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 55, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.058 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6d80',
    500: '#16374f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16374f;
$custom-light: #5b6d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16374f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32446,
    "c": 0.05761,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16374F

secondary

#865A3A

accent

#8848E0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04070A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16374F

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

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