#16394E#16394E

#16394E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.055 H 238.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16394E
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 78)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 26.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, -4.88, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 17.24, 253.55°)
OKLab	oklab(32.94% -0.029 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(32.94% 0.055 238)
XYZ	xyz(3.1686, 3.6466, 7.7431)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16394E #4E2B16

analogous

#164E47 #16394E #161D4E

triadic

#16394E #4E1639 #394E16

tetradic

#16394E #47164E #4E2B16 #1D4E16

square

#16394E #47164E #4E2B16 #1D4E16

split-complementary

#16394E #4E161D #4E4716

monochromatic

#071118 #09161E #16394E #235C7E #317FAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#16394E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#16394E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16394E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16394E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16394E	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F394F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28334E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16394e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.055 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6f7f',
    500: '#16394e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16394e;
$custom-light: #5a6f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16394e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32938,
    "c": 0.0548,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16394E

secondary

#85573A

accent

#8149DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECEE

border

#C5C7C9

text

#04070A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16394E

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

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