#16437E#16437E

#16437E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.111 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16437E
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 126)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(214, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 46.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 7.90, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 38.54, 281.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% -0.0254 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.111 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1025, 5.6905, 20.5114)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16437E #7E5116

analogous

#16777E #16437E #1D167E

triadic

#16437E #7E1643 #437E16

tetradic

#16437E #7E1677 #7E5116 #167E1D

square

#16437E #7E1677 #7E5116 #167E1D

split-complementary

#16437E #7E1D16 #777E16

monochromatic

#050E1A #0D274A #16437E #1F5FB2 #337CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#16437E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#16437E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16437E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16437E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16437E	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16437e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.111 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6576a4',
    500: '#16437e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16437e;
$custom-light: #6576a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16437e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.038,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38686,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16437E

secondary

#B3803D

accent

#A03BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#07080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16437E

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

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