#16486C#16486C

#16486C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.081 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16486C
RGBrgb(22, 72, 108)
HSLhsl(205, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(205, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(29.13, -2.84, -25.58)
CIE-LCHlch(29.13, 25.74, 263.66°)
OKLaboklab(38.73% -0.0351 -0.0725)
OKLCHoklch(38.73% 0.081 244.2)
XYZxyz(5.3540, 5.8874, 15.0387)
Luminance0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16486C #6C3A16
analogous
#166C65 #16486C #161D6C
triadic
#16486C #6C1648 #486C16
tetradic
#16486C #65166C #6C3A16 #1D6C16
square
#16486C #65166C #6C3A16 #1D6C16
split-complementary
#16486C #6C161D #6C6516
monochromatic
#051119 #0C2639 #16486C #206A9F #2B8CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64
#16486C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18
#16486C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16486C
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16486C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16486C1.009.642.189.64
#FFFFFF9.641.0021.001.00
#0000002.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.641.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#37496E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2B416B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005155
Achromatopsia (no color)
#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16486c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.081 244.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617a96',
    500: '#16486c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16486c;
$custom-light: #617a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16486c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38728,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16486C
secondary
#A2673C
accent
#863FE9
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEDF2
border
#C6C8CC
text
#06090D
muted
#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16486C

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#16486C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva