#16385B#16385B

#16385B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.074 H 251.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16385B
RGBrgb(22, 56, 91)
HSLhsl(210, 61%, 22%)
HSVhsv(210, 76%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(75.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LABlab(22.84, 1.01, -24.54)
CIE-LCHlch(22.84, 24.56, 272.35°)
OKLaboklab(33.47% -0.0233 -0.0697)
OKLCHoklch(33.47% 0.074 251.5)
XYZxyz(3.6327, 3.7539, 10.4286)
Luminance0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16385B #5B3916
analogous
#165B5B #16385B #17165B
triadic
#16385B #5B1638 #385B16
tetradic
#16385B #5B165B #5B3916 #165B17
square
#16385B #5B165B #5B3916 #165B17
split-complementary
#16385B #5B1716 #5B5B16
monochromatic
#060F19 #0A1A2A #16385B #22568C #2E75BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99
#16385B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75
#16385B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16385B
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16385B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16385B1.0011.991.7511.99
#FFFFFF11.991.0021.001.00
#0000001.7521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#283A5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1E345A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004045
Achromatopsia (no color)
#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16385b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.074 251.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6e89',
    500: '#16385b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16385b;
$custom-light: #5d6e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16385b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.435,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33467,
    "c": 0.07354,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16385B
secondary
#92673B
accent
#9544E4
background
#F5F6F8
surface
#E9EBF0
border
#C5C6CB
text
#05070B
muted
#797A7C

Preview Lab

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#16385B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva