#16404E#16404E

#16404E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.052 H 223.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16404E
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, -9.38, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 15.84, 233.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% -0.0377 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.052 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.5389, 4.3870, 7.8665)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16404E #4E2416

analogous

#164E40 #16404E #16244E

triadic

#16404E #4E1640 #404E16

tetradic

#16404E #40164E #4E2416 #244E16

square

#16404E #40164E #4E2416 #244E16

split-complementary

#16404E #4E1624 #4E4016

monochromatic

#071418 #09191E #16404E #23677E #318EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#16404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#16404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16404E

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16404E	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30394E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.052 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b747f',
    500: '#16404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16404e;
$custom-light: #5b747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34886,
    "c": 0.05184,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16404E

secondary

#854D3A

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16404E

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

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