#16485F#16485F

#16485F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.065 H 232.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16485F
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 95)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(199, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, -7.95, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 19.98, 246.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% -0.0399 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.065 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7130, 5.6310, 11.6628)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16485F #5F2D16

analogous

#165F51 #16485F #16235F

triadic

#16485F #5F1648 #485F16

tetradic

#16485F #51165F #5F2D16 #235F16

square

#16485F #51165F #5F2D16 #235F16

split-complementary

#16485F #5F1623 #5F5116

monochromatic

#061319 #0A222D #16485F #226E91 #2D93C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#16485F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#16485F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16485F

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16485F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16485F	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33405F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16485f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.065 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7b8c',
    500: '#16485f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16485f;
$custom-light: #5f7b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16485f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37982,
    "c": 0.06512,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16485F

secondary

#96583B

accent

#7642E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16485F

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

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