#16485B#16485B

#16485B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.061 H 227.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16485B
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 91)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, -9.48, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 18.63, 239.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% -0.0415 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.061 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5358, 5.5601, 10.7297)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16485B #5B2916

analogous

#165B4C #16485B #16255B

triadic

#16485B #5B1648 #485B16

tetradic

#16485B #4C165B #5B2916 #255B16

square

#16485B #4C165B #5B2916 #255B16

split-complementary

#16485B #5B1625 #5B4C16

monochromatic

#061319 #0A212A #16485B #226F8C #2E96BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#16485B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#16485B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16485B

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16485B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16485B	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E475C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34405B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16485b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.061 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b89',
    500: '#16485b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16485b;
$custom-light: #5e7b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16485b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3777,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16485B

secondary

#92533B

accent

#7044E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EDF0

border

#C5C8CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16485B

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

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