#16385C#16385C

#16385C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.075 H 252.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16385C
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 92)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(211, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.90, 1.42, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.90, 25.14, 273.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.53% -0.023 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(33.53% 0.075 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6761, 3.7712, 10.6573)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16385C #5C3A16

analogous

#165B5C #16385C #17165C

triadic

#16385C #5C1638 #385C16

tetradic

#16385C #5C165B #5C3A16 #165C17

square

#16385C #5C165B #5C3A16 #165C17

split-complementary

#16385C #5C1716 #5B5C16

monochromatic

#060F19 #0A1A2B #16385C #22568D #2E74BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#16385C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#16385C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16385C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16385C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16385C	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16385c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.075 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6e8a',
    500: '#16385c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16385c;
$custom-light: #5d6e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16385c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33533,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16385C

secondary

#93683B

accent

#9643E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05070C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16385C

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

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