#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
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 124)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(211, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 41.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 3.66, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 34.36, 276.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% -0.0304 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.102 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2850, 6.2598, 19.9419)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##16487C	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16487C

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

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