#16424F#16424F

#16424F is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.052 H 220.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16424F
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 79)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, -10.25, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 16.00, 230.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% -0.0397 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.052 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6898, 4.6311, 8.0951)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16424F #4F2316

analogous

#164F40 #16424F #16264F

triadic

#16424F #4F1642 #424F16

tetradic

#16424F #40164F #4F2316 #264F16

square

#16424F #40164F #4F2316 #264F16

split-complementary

#16424F #4F1626 #4F4016

monochromatic

#071418 #091A1F #16424F #236A7F #3192AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#16424F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#16424F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16424F

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16424F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16424F	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#323A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16424f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.052 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7680',
    500: '#16424f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16424f;
$custom-light: #5b7680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16424f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35497,
    "c": 0.0524,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16424F

secondary

#864C3A

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDEE

border

#C5C8C9

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16424F

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

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