#16486E#16486E

#16486E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.083 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16486E
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 110)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(206, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 34.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, -2.04, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 26.75, 265.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% -0.0344 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.083 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4616, 5.9305, 15.6057)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16486E #6E3C16

analogous

#166E68 #16486E #161C6E

triadic

#16486E #6E1648 #486E16

tetradic

#16486E #68166E #6E3C16 #1C6E16

square

#16486E #68166E #6E3C16 #1C6E16

split-complementary

#16486E #6E161C #6E6816

monochromatic

#05111A #0C273B #16486E #2069A1 #2A8BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#16486E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#16486E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16486E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16486E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16486E	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A416D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16486e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.083 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627a98',
    500: '#16486e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16486e;
$custom-light: #627a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16486e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3885,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16486E

secondary

#A4693C

accent

#883EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16486E

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

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