#16424B#16424B

#16424B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.050 H 213.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16424B
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 12%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, -11.71, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 15.34, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% -0.0415 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.05 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5486, 4.5746, 7.3512)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16424B #4B1F16

analogous

#164B3A #16424B #16284B

triadic

#16424B #4B1642 #424B16

tetradic

#16424B #3A164B #4B1F16 #284B16

square

#16424B #3A164B #4B1F16 #284B16

split-complementary

#16424B #4B1628 #4B3A16

monochromatic

#071518 #08181C #16424B #246C7A #3295AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#16424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#16424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16424B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16424B	1.00	10.97	1.92	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B404C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.050 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b767d',
    500: '#16424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16424b;
$custom-light: #5b767d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35305,
    "c": 0.04983,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16424B

secondary

#83473A

accent

#634ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#040809

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16424B

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

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