#16436C#16436C

#16436C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.086 H 249.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16436C
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 108)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(209, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 38%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 0.47, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 28.18, 270.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% -0.0299 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.086 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0438, 5.2670, 14.9353)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16436C #6C3F16

analogous

#166C6A #16436C #16186C

triadic

#16436C #6C1643 #436C16

tetradic

#16436C #6A166C #6C3F16 #186C16

square

#16436C #6A166C #6C3F16 #186C16

split-complementary

#16436C #6C1618 #6C6A16

monochromatic

#051019 #0C2339 #16436C #20639F #2B82D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#16436C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#16436C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16436C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16436C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16436C	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30456E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16436c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.086 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617696',
    500: '#16436c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16436c;
$custom-light: #617696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16436c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.605,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37434,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16436C

secondary

#A26D3C

accent

#903FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06080D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16436C

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

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