#16486B#16486B

#16486B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.079 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16486B
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 107)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(205, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, -3.24, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 25.24, 262.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% -0.0354 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.079 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3011, 5.8662, 14.7600)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16486B #6B3916

analogous

#166B63 #16486B #161D6B

triadic

#16486B #6B1648 #486B16

tetradic

#16486B #63166B #6B3916 #1D6B16

square

#16486B #63166B #6B3916 #1D6B16

split-complementary

#16486B #6B161D #6B6316

monochromatic

#051119 #0C2638 #16486B #206A9E #2B8CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#16486B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#16486B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16486B

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16486B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16486B	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38496D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C416A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16486b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.079 243.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16486b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38667,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16486B

secondary

#A1653B

accent

#853FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16486B

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

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