#16485A#16485A

#16485A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.060 H 225.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16485A
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 90)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 20%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, -9.85, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 18.34, 237.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% -0.0419 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.06 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4930, 5.5430, 10.5040)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16485A #5A2816

analogous

#165A4A #16485A #16265A

triadic

#16485A #5A1648 #485A16

tetradic

#16485A #4A165A #5A2816 #265A16

square

#16485A #4A165A #5A2816 #265A16

split-complementary

#16485A #5A1626 #5A4A16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A2129 #16485A #226F8B #2E97BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#16485A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#16485A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16485A

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16485A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16485A	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E465B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35405A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16485a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.060 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b88',
    500: '#16485a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16485a;
$custom-light: #5e7b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16485a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37719,
    "c": 0.06029,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16485A

secondary

#91523B

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EDEF

border

#C5C8CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16485A

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

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