#16427C#16427C

#16427C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.110 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16427C
RGBrgb(22, 66, 124)
HSLhsl(214, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(214, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.3%, 46.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(28.17, 7.76, -37.19)
CIE-LCHlch(28.17, 37.99, 281.78°)
OKLaboklab(38.3% -0.025 -0.1067)
OKLCHoklch(38.3% 0.11 256.8)
XYZxyz(5.9158, 5.5215, 19.8188)
Luminance0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16427C #7C5016
analogous
#16757C #16427C #1D167C
triadic
#16427C #7C1642 #427C16
tetradic
#16427C #7C1675 #7C5016 #167C1D
square
#16427C #7C1675 #7C5016 #167C1D
split-complementary
#16427C #7C1D16 #757C16
monochromatic
#050E1A #0D2648 #16427C #1F5EB0 #327BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98
#16427C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10
#16427C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16427C
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16427C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16427C1.009.982.109.98
#FFFFFF9.981.0021.001.00
#0000002.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.981.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#24477E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0D3E7B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005059
Achromatopsia (no color)
#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16427c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.110 256.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6575a2',
    500: '#16427c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16427c;
$custom-light: #6575a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16427c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.118,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38298,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16427C
secondary
#B17F3D
accent
#A03BED
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEDF3
border
#C6C8CD
text
#06080F
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16427C

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#16427C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva