#16456C#16456C

#16456C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.083 H 247.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16456C
RGBrgb(22, 69, 108)
HSLhsl(207, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(207, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.6%, 36.1%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(28.14, -0.87, -27.14)
CIE-LCHlch(28.14, 27.15, 268.17°)
OKLaboklab(37.95% -0.032 -0.0771)
OKLCHoklch(37.95% 0.083 247.5)
XYZxyz(5.1647, 5.5089, 14.9756)
Luminance0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16456C #6C3D16
analogous
#166C68 #16456C #161A6C
triadic
#16456C #6C1645 #456C16
tetradic
#16456C #68166C #6C3D16 #1A6C16
square
#16456C #68166C #6C3D16 #1A6C16
split-complementary
#16456C #6C161A #6C6816
monochromatic
#051019 #0C2539 #16456C #20659F #2B86D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99
#16456C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10
#16456C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16456C
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16456C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16456C1.009.992.109.99
#FFFFFF9.991.0021.001.00
#0000002.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#33476E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#273F6B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004E53
Achromatopsia (no color)
#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16456c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.083 247.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617896',
    500: '#16456c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16456c;
$custom-light: #617896;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16456c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.209,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37949,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16456C
secondary
#A26A3C
accent
#8C3FE9
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEDF2
border
#C6C8CC
text
#06080D
muted
#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

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#16456C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva