#16457B#16457B

#16457B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.104 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16457B
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 123)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(212, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 43.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 5.28, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 35.55, 278.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% -0.0279 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.104 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0328, 5.8562, 19.5474)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16457B #7B4C16

analogous

#16777B #16457B #19167B

triadic

#16457B #7B1645 #457B16

tetradic

#16457B #7B1677 #7B4C16 #167B19

square

#16457B #7B1677 #7B4C16 #167B19

split-complementary

#16457B #7B1916 #777B16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2847 #16457B #1F62AF #3180DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#16457B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#16457B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16457B

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16457B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16457B	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A497D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18407A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16457b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.104 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6578a1',
    500: '#16457b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16457b;
$custom-light: #6578a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16457b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.079,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38955,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16457B

secondary

#B07A3D

accent

#9A3BEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF3

border

#C6C8CD

text

#06080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16457B

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

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