#16437B#16437B

#16437B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.107 H 255.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16437B
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 123)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(213, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 45.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 6.65, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 36.77, 280.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% -0.0261 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.107 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9119, 5.6142, 19.5071)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16437B #7B4E16

analogous

#16757B #16437B #1B167B

triadic

#16437B #7B1643 #437B16

tetradic

#16437B #7B1675 #7B4E16 #167B1B

square

#16437B #7B1675 #7B4E16 #167B1B

split-complementary

#16437B #7B1B16 #757B16

monochromatic

#050E1A #0D2747 #16437B #1F5FAF #317CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#16437B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#16437B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16437B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16437B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16437B	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26487D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16437b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.107 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6576a1',
    500: '#16437b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16437b;
$custom-light: #6576a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16437b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.267,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38466,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16437B

secondary

#B07D3D

accent

#9E3BEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF3

border

#C6C8CD

text

#06080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16437B

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

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