#16477E#16477E

#16477E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.106 H 254.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16477E
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 126)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(212, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 43.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 5.16, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 36.09, 278.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% -0.029 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.106 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3486, 6.1826, 20.5934)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16477E #7E4D16

analogous

#167B7E #16477E #19167E

triadic

#16477E #7E1647 #477E16

tetradic

#16477E #7E167B #7E4D16 #167E19

square

#16477E #7E167B #7E4D16 #167E19

split-complementary

#16477E #7E1916 #7B7E16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2A4A #16477E #1F64B2 #3382DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#16477E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#16477E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16477E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16477E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16477E	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19427D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00545C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16477e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.106 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6579a4',
    500: '#16477e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16477e;
$custom-light: #6579a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16477e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.731,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39656,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16477E

secondary

#B37B3D

accent

#993BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16477E

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

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