#16485D#16485D

#16485D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.063 H 229.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16485D
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 93)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, -8.72, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 19.27, 243.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% -0.0407 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.063 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6232, 5.5951, 11.1901)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16485D #5D2B16

analogous

#165D4E #16485D #16255D

triadic

#16485D #5D1648 #485D16

tetradic

#16485D #4E165D #5D2B16 #255D16

square

#16485D #4E165D #5D2B16 #255D16

split-complementary

#16485D #5D1625 #5D4E16

monochromatic

#061319 #0A222C #16485D #226E8E #2D95C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#16485D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#16485D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16485D

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16485D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16485D	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D475E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34405D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16485d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.063 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b8b',
    500: '#16485d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16485d;
$custom-light: #5e7b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16485d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37875,
    "c": 0.06309,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16485D

secondary

#94553B

accent

#7343E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16485D

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

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