#16436E#16436E

#16436E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.088 H 250.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16436E
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 110)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(209, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 39.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.60, 1.29, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.60, 29.29, 272.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% -0.0293 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.088 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1514, 5.3101, 15.5023)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16436E #6E4116

analogous

#166E6D #16436E #16176E

triadic

#16436E #6E1643 #436E16

tetradic

#16436E #6D166E #6E4116 #176E16

square

#16436E #6D166E #6E4116 #176E16

split-complementary

#16436E #6E1617 #6E6D16

monochromatic

#05101A #0C243B #16436E #2062A1 #2A81D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#16436E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#16436E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16436E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16436E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16436E	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16436e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.088 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617698',
    500: '#16436e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16436e;
$custom-light: #617698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16436e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37565,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16436E

secondary

#A46F3C

accent

#923EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06080D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16436E

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

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