#16456A#16456A

#16456A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.081 H 246.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16456A
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 106)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(206, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, -1.68, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 26.10, 266.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% -0.0326 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.081 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0595, 5.4668, 14.4214)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16456A #6A3B16

analogous

#166A65 #16456A #161B6A

triadic

#16456A #6A1645 #456A16

tetradic

#16456A #65166A #6A3B16 #1B6A16

square

#16456A #65166A #6A3B16 #1B6A16

split-complementary

#16456A #6A161B #6A6516

monochromatic

#051019 #0B2437 #16456A #21669D #2B87CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#16456A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#16456A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16456A

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16456A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16456A	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34466C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16456a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.081 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617895',
    500: '#16456a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16456a;
$custom-light: #617895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16456a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37823,
    "c": 0.08079,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16456A

secondary

#A0683B

accent

#8A3FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05080D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16456A

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

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