#16426C#16426C

#16426C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.087 H 250.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16426C
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 108)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(209, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.16, 1.14, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.16, 28.72, 272.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% -0.0289 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.087 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9848, 5.1491, 14.9156)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16426C #6C4016

analogous

#166C6B #16426C #16176C

triadic

#16426C #6C1642 #426C16

tetradic

#16426C #6B166C #6C4016 #176C16

square

#16426C #6B166C #6C4016 #176C16

split-complementary

#16426C #6C1617 #6C6B16

monochromatic

#051019 #0C2339 #16426C #20619F #2B80D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#16426C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#16426C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16426C

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16426C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16426C	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E446E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16426c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.087 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617696',
    500: '#16426c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16426c;
$custom-light: #617696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16426c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.302,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37177,
    "c": 0.08669,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16426C

secondary

#A26E3C

accent

#923FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06080D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16426C

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

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