#16384E#16384E

#16384E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.056 H 239.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16384E
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 78)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, -4.22, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 17.59, 256.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.66% -0.0278 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(32.66% 0.056 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1197, 3.5487, 7.7268)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16384E #4E2C16

analogous

#164E48 #16384E #161C4E

triadic

#16384E #4E1638 #384E16

tetradic

#16384E #48164E #4E2C16 #1C4E16

square

#16384E #48164E #4E2C16 #1C4E16

split-complementary

#16384E #4E161C #4E4816

monochromatic

#071118 #09161E #16384E #235A7E #317DAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#16384E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#16384E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16384E

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16384E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16384E	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E384F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26324E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16384e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.056 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6e7f',
    500: '#16384e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16384e;
$custom-light: #5a6e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16384e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32662,
    "c": 0.05551,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16384E

secondary

#85583A

accent

#8449DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04070A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16384E

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

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