#16384A#16384A

#16384A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.051 H 234.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16384A
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 74)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, -5.77, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 15.81, 248.59°)
OKLab	oklab(32.44% -0.0294 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(32.44% 0.051 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9806, 3.4930, 6.9944)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16384A #4A2816

analogous

#164A42 #16384A #161E4A

triadic

#16384A #4A1638 #384A16

tetradic

#16384A #42164A #4A2816 #1E4A16

square

#16384A #42164A #4A2816 #1E4A16

split-complementary

#16384A #4A161E #4A4216

monochromatic

#071218 #08141B #16384A #245C79 #327FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#16384A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#16384A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16384A

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16384A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16384A	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F374B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28324A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16384a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.051 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6e7c',
    500: '#16384a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16384a;
$custom-light: #5a6e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16384a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32437,
    "c": 0.05067,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16384A

secondary

#82533A

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16384A

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

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