#16487D#16487D

#16487D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.104 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16487D
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 125)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(211, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 42.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 4.07, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 34.93, 276.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% -0.0301 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.104 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3485, 6.2852, 20.2766)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16487D #7D4B16

analogous

#167C7D #16487D #18167D

triadic

#16487D #7D1648 #487D16

tetradic

#16487D #7D167C #7D4B16 #167D18

square

#16487D #7D167C #7D4B16 #167D18

split-complementary

#16487D #7D1816 #7C7D16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2A49 #16487D #1F66B1 #3284DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#16487D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#16487D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16487D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16487D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16487D	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D437C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16487d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.104 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657aa3',
    500: '#16487d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16487d;
$custom-light: #657aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16487d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.874,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39832,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16487D

secondary

#B2793D

accent

#963BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16487D

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

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