#16487C#16487C

#16487C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.102 H 252.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16487C
RGBrgb(22, 72, 124)
HSLhsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(211, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.3%, 41.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(30.06, 3.66, -34.17)
CIE-LCHlch(30.06, 34.36, 276.12°)
OKLaboklab(39.76% -0.0304 -0.0977)
OKLCHoklch(39.76% 0.102 252.7)
XYZxyz(6.2850, 6.2598, 19.9419)
Luminance0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16487C #7C4A16
analogous
#167B7C #16487C #17167C
triadic
#16487C #7C1648 #487C16
tetradic
#16487C #7C167B #7C4A16 #167C17
square
#16487C #7C167B #7C4A16 #167C17
split-complementary
#16487C #7C1716 #7B7C16
monochromatic
#050F1A #0D2A48 #16487C #1F66B0 #3285DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32
#16487C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25
#16487C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16487C
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16487C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16487C1.009.322.259.32
#FFFFFF9.321.0021.001.00
#0000002.2521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.321.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2F4C7E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1E437B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00545C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16487c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.102 252.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657aa2',
    500: '#16487c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16487c;
$custom-light: #657aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16487c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39763,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16487C
secondary
#B1783D
accent
#963BED
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEDF3
border
#C6C8CD
text
#06090F
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

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#16487C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva