#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
RGBrgb(22, 69, 126)
HSLhsl(213, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(213, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(29.24, 6.52, -36.72)
CIE-LCHlch(29.24, 37.30, 280.07°)
OKLaboklab(39.17% -0.0272 -0.1052)
OKLCHoklch(39.17% 0.109 255.5)
XYZxyz(6.2235, 5.9324, 20.5517)
Luminance0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16457E1.009.602.199.60
#FFFFFF9.601.0021.001.00
#0000002.1921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.601.0021.001.00

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

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#16457E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva