#16385E#16385E

#16385E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.078 H 253.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16385E
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 94)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(212, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 40.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 2.24, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 26.31, 274.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.67% -0.0224 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(33.67% 0.078 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7647, 3.8067, 11.1239)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16385E #5E3C16

analogous

#165C5E #16385E #18165E

triadic

#16385E #5E1638 #385E16

tetradic

#16385E #5E165C #5E3C16 #165E18

square

#16385E #5E165C #5E3C16 #165E18

split-complementary

#16385E #5E1816 #5C5E16

monochromatic

#060F19 #0A1A2C #16385E #225690 #2D73C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#16385E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#16385E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16385E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16385E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16385E	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#273B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16385e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.078 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6e8c',
    500: '#16385e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16385e;
$custom-light: #5e6e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16385e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33668,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16385E

secondary

#956A3B

accent

#9843E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05070C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16385E

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

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