#16455B#16455B

#16455B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.062 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16455B
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 91)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, -7.60, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 19.20, 246.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% -0.0381 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.062 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3466, 5.1817, 10.6666)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16455B #5B2C16

analogous

#165B4F #16455B #16235B

triadic

#16455B #5B1645 #455B16

tetradic

#16455B #4F165B #5B2C16 #235B16

square

#16455B #4F165B #5B2C16 #235B16

split-complementary

#16455B #5B1623 #5B4F16

monochromatic

#061319 #0A202A #16455B #226A8C #2E90BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#16455B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#16455B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16455B

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16455B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16455B	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A445C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16455b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.062 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7889',
    500: '#16455b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16455b;
$custom-light: #5e7889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16455b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3695,
    "c": 0.06247,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16455B

secondary

#92573B

accent

#7744E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EDF0

border

#C5C8CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16455B

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

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