#16394C#16394C

#16394C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.052 H 235.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16394C
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 76)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 25%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, -5.66, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 16.37, 249.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.83% -0.0299 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(32.83% 0.052 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0980, 3.6183, 7.3712)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16394C #4C2916

analogous

#164C44 #16394C #161E4C

triadic

#16394C #4C1639 #394C16

tetradic

#16394C #44164C #4C2916 #1E4C16

square

#16394C #44164C #4C2916 #1E4C16

split-complementary

#16394C #4C161E #4C4416

monochromatic

#071218 #08151D #16394C #245D7B #3180AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#16394C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#16394C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16394C

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16394C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16394C	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30394D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28334C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16394c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.052 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6f7e',
    500: '#16394c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16394c;
$custom-light: #5a6f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16394c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32826,
    "c": 0.05242,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16394C

secondary

#84543A

accent

#7E49DE

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECEE

border

#C5C7C9

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16394C

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

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