#16457E#16457E

#16457E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.109 H 255.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16457E
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 126)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(213, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 6.52, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 37.30, 280.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% -0.0272 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.109 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2235, 5.9324, 20.5517)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16457E #7E4F16

analogous

#16797E #16457E #1B167E

triadic

#16457E #7E1645 #457E16

tetradic

#16457E #7E1679 #7E4F16 #167E1B

square

#16457E #7E1679 #7E4F16 #167E1B

split-complementary

#16457E #7E1B16 #797E16

monochromatic

#050E1A #0D284A #16457E #1F62B2 #337FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#16457E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#16457E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16457E

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16457E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16457E	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#284A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13417D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16457e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.109 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6578a4',
    500: '#16457e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16457e;
$custom-light: #6578a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16457e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.885,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39169,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16457E

secondary

#B37E3D

accent

#9C3BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#07080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16457E

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

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