#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
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 139)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 48.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 10.53, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 43.67, 283.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% -0.0263 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.125 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2426, 6.5402, 25.3018)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##16478B	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #16478B

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

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