#16486A#16486A

#16486A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.078 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16486A
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 106)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, -3.64, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 24.75, 261.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% -0.0357 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.078 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2487, 5.8453, 14.4845)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16486A #6A3816

analogous

#166A62 #16486A #161E6A

triadic

#16486A #6A1648 #486A16

tetradic

#16486A #62166A #6A3816 #1E6A16

square

#16486A #62166A #6A3816 #1E6A16

split-complementary

#16486A #6A161E #6A6216

monochromatic

#051119 #0B2637 #16486A #216A9D #2B8DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#16486A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#16486A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16486A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16486A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16486A	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38496B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16486a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.078 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617a95',
    500: '#16486a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16486a;
$custom-light: #617a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16486a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38607,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16486A

secondary

#A0643B

accent

#843FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16486A

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

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