#16487B#16487B

#16487B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.101 H 252.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16487B
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 123)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(210, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 41.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 3.25, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 33.80, 275.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% -0.0306 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.101 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2220, 6.2346, 19.6105)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16487B #7B4916

analogous

#167A7B #16487B #16167B

triadic

#16487B #7B1648 #487B16

tetradic

#16487B #7B167A #7B4916 #167B16

square

#16487B #7B167A #7B4916 #167B16

split-complementary

#16487B #7B1616 #7A7B16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2A47 #16487B #1F66AF #3185DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#16487B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#16487B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16487B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16487B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16487B	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F427A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16487b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.101 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657aa1',
    500: '#16487b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16487b;
$custom-light: #657aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16487b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.297,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39695,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16487B

secondary

#B0773D

accent

#953BEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF3

border

#C6C8CD

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16487B

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

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