#16455E#16455E

#16455E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.066 H 235.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16455E
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, -6.44, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 20.39, 251.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% -0.0369 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.066 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4786, 5.2345, 11.3618)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16455E #5E2F16

analogous

#165E53 #16455E #16215E

triadic

#16455E #5E1645 #455E16

tetradic

#16455E #53165E #5E2F16 #215E16

square

#16455E #53165E #5E2F16 #215E16

split-complementary

#16455E #5E1621 #5E5316

monochromatic

#061219 #0A212C #16455E #226990 #2D8EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#16455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#16455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16455E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16455E	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39455F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F3E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.066 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e788b',
    500: '#16455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16455e;
$custom-light: #5e788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37114,
    "c": 0.06577,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16455E

secondary

#955A3B

accent

#7B43E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16455E

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

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