#16405E#16405E

#16405E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.070 H 243.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16405E
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 94)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(205, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, -3.19, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 22.22, 261.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% -0.0312 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.07 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1839, 4.6451, 11.2636)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16405E #5E3416

analogous

#165E58 #16405E #161C5E

triadic

#16405E #5E1640 #405E16

tetradic

#16405E #58165E #5E3416 #1C5E16

square

#16405E #58165E #5E3416 #1C5E16

split-complementary

#16405E #5E161C #5E5816

monochromatic

#061119 #0A1E2C #16405E #226290 #2D84C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#16405E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#16405E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16405E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16405E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16405E	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32415F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00474B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16405e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.070 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e748c',
    500: '#16405e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16405e;
$custom-light: #5e748c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16405e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35771,
    "c": 0.0696,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16405E

secondary

#95603B

accent

#8643E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05080C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16405E

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

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