#16455F#16455F

#16455F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.067 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16455F
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 95)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.44, -6.05, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.44, 20.81, 253.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% -0.0365 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.067 237)
XYZ	xyz(4.5237, 5.2525, 11.5997)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16455F #5F3016

analogous

#165F54 #16455F #16205F

triadic

#16455F #5F1645 #455F16

tetradic

#16455F #54165F #5F3016 #205F16

square

#16455F #54165F #5F3016 #205F16

split-complementary

#16455F #5F1620 #5F5416

monochromatic

#061219 #0A212D #16455F #226991 #2D8DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#16455F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#16455F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16455F

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16455F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16455F	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F3E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16455f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.067 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e788c',
    500: '#16455f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16455f;
$custom-light: #5e788c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16455f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.37,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3717,
    "c": 0.06692,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.05253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16455F

secondary

#965B3B

accent

#7C42E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16455F

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

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