#16384B#16384B

#16384B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.052 H 236.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16384B
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 75)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, -5.39, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 16.23, 250.62°)
OKLab	oklab(32.49% -0.029 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(32.49% 0.052 236)
XYZ	xyz(3.0146, 3.5066, 7.1732)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16384B #4B2916

analogous

#164B44 #16384B #161E4B

triadic

#16384B #4B1638 #384B16

tetradic

#16384B #44164B #4B2916 #1E4B16

square

#16384B #44164B #4B2916 #1E4B16

split-complementary

#16384B #4B161E #4B4416

monochromatic

#071218 #08151C #16384B #245B7A #327FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#16384B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#16384B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16384B

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16384B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16384B	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F384C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28324B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16384b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.052 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6e7d',
    500: '#16384b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16384b;
$custom-light: #5a6e7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16384b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32492,
    "c": 0.05183,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.03507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16384B

secondary

#83543A

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16384B

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

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