#16485C#16485C

#16485C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.062 H 228.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16485C
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 92)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, -9.10, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 18.94, 241.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% -0.0411 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.062 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5792, 5.5775, 10.9584)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16485C #5C2A16

analogous

#165C4D #16485C #16255C

triadic

#16485C #5C1648 #485C16

tetradic

#16485C #4D165C #5C2A16 #255C16

square

#16485C #4D165C #5C2A16 #255C16

split-complementary

#16485C #5C1625 #5C4D16

monochromatic

#061319 #0A212B #16485C #226F8D #2E95BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#16485C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#16485C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16485C

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16485C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16485C	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E475D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34405C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16485c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.062 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b8a',
    500: '#16485c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16485c;
$custom-light: #5e7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16485c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37822,
    "c": 0.06212,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16485C

secondary

#93543B

accent

#7143E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16485C

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

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