#16487F#16487F

#16487F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.106 H 253.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16487F
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 127)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(211, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 43.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 4.89, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 36.07, 277.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% -0.0296 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.106 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4776, 6.3368, 20.9563)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16487F #7F4D16

analogous

#167D7F #16487F #19167F

triadic

#16487F #7F1648 #487F16

tetradic

#16487F #7F167D #7F4D16 #167F19

square

#16487F #7F167D #7F4D16 #167F19

split-complementary

#16487F #7F1916 #7D7F16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2A4B #16487F #1F66B3 #3484DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#16487F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#16487F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16487F

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16487F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16487F	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A437E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16487f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.106 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667aa4',
    500: '#16487f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16487f;
$custom-light: #667aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16487f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39971,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16487F

secondary

#B47B3D

accent

#983BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16487F

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

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