#16486F#16486F

#16486F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.084 H 246.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16486F
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 111)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(206, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 35.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.29, -1.64, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.29, 27.27, 266.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% -0.0341 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.084 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5164, 5.9524, 15.8940)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16486F #6F3D16

analogous

#166F69 #16486F #161B6F

triadic

#16486F #6F1648 #486F16

tetradic

#16486F #69166F #6F3D16 #1B6F16

square

#16486F #69166F #6F3D16 #1B6F16

split-complementary

#16486F #6F161B #6F6916

monochromatic

#05111A #0C273C #16486F #2069A2 #2B8AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#16486F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#16486F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16486F

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16486F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16486F	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29416E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16486f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.084 246.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16486f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.292,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38913,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16486F

secondary

#A56A3C

accent

#893EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16486F

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

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