#16478A#16478A

#16478A is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.123 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16478A
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 138)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 48.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 10.11, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 43.08, 283.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% -0.0265 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.123 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1699, 6.5111, 24.9187)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16478A #8A5916

analogous

#16818A #16478A #1F168A

triadic

#16478A #8A1647 #478A16

tetradic

#16478A #8A1681 #8A5916 #168A1F

square

#16478A #8A1681 #8A5916 #168A1F

split-complementary

#16478A #8A1F16 #818A16

monochromatic

#051120 #0E2C55 #16478A #1E62BF #3B80E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#16478A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#16478A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16478A

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16478A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16478A	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16478a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.123 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6879ad',
    500: '#16478a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16478a;
$custom-light: #6879ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16478a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40531,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16478A

secondary

#BE883E

accent

#A239EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16478A

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

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