#16437D#16437D

#16437D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.110 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16437D
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 125)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(214, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 46.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 7.48, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 37.95, 281.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% -0.0256 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.11 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0383, 5.6648, 20.1732)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16437D #7D5016

analogous

#16777D #16437D #1C167D

triadic

#16437D #7D1643 #437D16

tetradic

#16437D #7D1677 #7D5016 #167D1C

square

#16437D #7D1677 #7D5016 #167D1C

split-complementary

#16437D #7D1C16 #777D16

monochromatic

#050E1A #0D2749 #16437D #1F5FB1 #327CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#16437D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#16437D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16437D

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16437D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16437D	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25487F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16437d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.110 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6576a3',
    500: '#16437d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16437d;
$custom-light: #6576a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16437d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.786,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38612,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16437D

secondary

#B27F3D

accent

#9F3BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#06080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16437D

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

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