#16486D#16486D

#16486D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.082 H 244.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16486D
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 109)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(206, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 33.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, -2.44, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 26.24, 264.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% -0.0347 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.082 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4075, 5.9088, 15.3205)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16486D #6D3B16

analogous

#166D66 #16486D #161D6D

triadic

#16486D #6D1648 #486D16

tetradic

#16486D #66166D #6D3B16 #1D6D16

square

#16486D #66166D #6D3B16 #1D6D16

split-complementary

#16486D #6D161D #6D6616

monochromatic

#051119 #0C263A #16486D #206AA0 #2B8BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#16486D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#16486D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16486D

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16486D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16486D	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37496F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B416C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16486d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.082 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617a97',
    500: '#16486d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16486d;
$custom-light: #617a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16486d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.517,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38789,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16486D

secondary

#A3683C

accent

#873EE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16486D

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

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