#16394B#16394B

#16394B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.051 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16394B
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 75)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 24%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, -6.04, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 15.96, 247.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.77% -0.0303 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(32.77% 0.051 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0635, 3.6045, 7.1895)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16394B #4B2816

analogous

#164B43 #16394B #161F4B

triadic

#16394B #4B1639 #394B16

tetradic

#16394B #43164B #4B2816 #1F4B16

square

#16394B #43164B #4B2816 #1F4B16

split-complementary

#16394B #4B161F #4B4316

monochromatic

#071218 #08151C #16394B #245D7A #3281AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#16394B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#16394B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16394B

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16394B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16394B	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30384C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29334B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16394b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.051 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6f7d',
    500: '#16394b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16394b;
$custom-light: #5a6f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16394b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.377,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32771,
    "c": 0.05128,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16394B

secondary

#83533A

accent

#7C4ADE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECEE

border

#C5C7C9

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16394B

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

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