#16437C#16437C

#16437C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.108 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16437C
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 124)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(214, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 46%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 7.07, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 37.36, 280.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% -0.0259 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.108 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9748, 5.6394, 19.8385)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16437C #7C4F16

analogous

#16767C #16437C #1C167C

triadic

#16437C #7C1643 #437C16

tetradic

#16437C #7C1676 #7C4F16 #167C1C

square

#16437C #7C1676 #7C4F16 #167C1C

split-complementary

#16437C #7C1C16 #767C16

monochromatic

#050E1A #0D2748 #16437C #1F5FB0 #327CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#16437C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#16437C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16437C

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16437C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16437C	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26487E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16437c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.108 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6576a2',
    500: '#16437c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16437c;
$custom-light: #6576a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16437c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.529,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38539,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16437C

secondary

#B17E3D

accent

#9E3BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF3

border

#C6C8CD

text

#06080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16437C

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

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