#16485E#16485E

#16485E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.064 H 231.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16485E
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, -8.34, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 19.62, 244.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% -0.0403 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.064 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6678, 5.6129, 11.4249)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16485E #5E2C16

analogous

#165E50 #16485E #16245E

triadic

#16485E #5E1648 #485E16

tetradic

#16485E #50165E #5E2C16 #245E16

square

#16485E #50165E #5E2C16 #245E16

split-complementary

#16485E #5E1624 #5E5016

monochromatic

#061319 #0A222C #16485E #226E90 #2D94C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#16485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#16485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16485E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16485E	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D475F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33405E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.064 231.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37928,
    "c": 0.0641,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16485E

secondary

#95563B

accent

#7443E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16485E

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

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