#16385D#16385D

#16385D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.076 H 252.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16385D
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 93)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(211, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 1.83, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 25.73, 274.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% -0.0227 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.076 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7201, 3.7888, 10.8891)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16385D #5D3B16

analogous

#165B5D #16385D #18165D

triadic

#16385D #5D1638 #385D16

tetradic

#16385D #5D165B #5D3B16 #165D18

square

#16385D #5D165B #5D3B16 #165D18

split-complementary

#16385D #5D1816 #5B5D16

monochromatic

#060F19 #0A1A2C #16385D #22568E #2D74C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#16385D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#16385D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16385D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16385D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16385D	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#273A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16385d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.076 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6e8b',
    500: '#16385d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16385d;
$custom-light: #5e6e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16385d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.268,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.336,
    "c": 0.07648,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16385D

secondary

#94693B

accent

#9743E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05070C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16385D

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

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