#16478B#16478B

#16478B is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.125 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16478B
RGBrgb(22, 71, 139)
HSLhsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(215, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 48.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(30.74, 10.53, -42.38)
CIE-LCHlch(30.74, 43.67, 283.95°)
OKLaboklab(40.61% -0.0263 -0.1218)
OKLCHoklch(40.61% 0.125 257.8)
XYZxyz(7.2426, 6.5402, 25.3018)
Luminance0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16478B #8B5A16
analogous
#16828B #16478B #20168B
triadic
#16478B #8B1647 #478B16
tetradic
#16478B #8B1682 #8B5A16 #168B20
square
#16478B #8B1682 #8B5A16 #168B20
split-complementary
#16478B #8B2016 #828B16
monochromatic
#051121 #0E2C56 #16478B #1E62C0 #3B80E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10
#16478B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31
#16478B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16478B
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16478B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16478B1.009.102.319.10
#FFFFFF9.101.0021.001.00
#0000002.3121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.101.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#204E8E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00438A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005762
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16478b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.125 257.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6979ad',
    500: '#16478b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16478b;
$custom-light: #6979ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16478b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.872,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40607,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16478B
secondary
#BF893E
accent
#A338EF
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEDF4
border
#C7C8CE
text
#070910
muted
#7A7B7F

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#16478B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva