#16404F#16404F

#16404F is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.053 H 225.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16404F
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 79)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 19%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, -9.01, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 16.11, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% -0.0372 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.053 225)
XYZ	xyz(3.5750, 4.4015, 8.0568)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16404F #4F2516

analogous

#164F41 #16404F #16244F

triadic

#16404F #4F1640 #404F16

tetradic

#16404F #41164F #4F2516 #244F16

square

#16404F #41164F #4F2516 #244F16

split-complementary

#16404F #4F1624 #4F4116

monochromatic

#071318 #09191F #16404F #23677F #318EAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#16404F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#16404F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16404F

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16404F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16404F	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30394F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16404f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.053 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7480',
    500: '#16404f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16404f;
$custom-light: #5b7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16404f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34937,
    "c": 0.05269,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.04402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16404F

secondary

#864E3A

accent

#7048E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16404F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →