#16487E#16487E

#16487E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.105 H 253.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16487E
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 126)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(211, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 42.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.18, 4.48, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.18, 35.50, 277.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% -0.0299 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.105 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4127, 6.3109, 20.6148)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16487E #7E4C16

analogous

#167C7E #16487E #18167E

triadic

#16487E #7E1648 #487E16

tetradic

#16487E #7E167C #7E4C16 #167E18

square

#16487E #7E167C #7E4C16 #167E18

split-complementary

#16487E #7E1816 #7C7E16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2A4A #16487E #1F66B2 #3384DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#16487E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#16487E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16487E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16487E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16487E	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B437D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16487e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.105 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657aa4',
    500: '#16487e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16487e;
$custom-light: #657aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16487e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39901,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16487E

secondary

#B37A3D

accent

#973BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16487E

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

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