#16488A#16488A

#16488A is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.122 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16488A
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 138)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 47.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 9.43, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 42.45, 282.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% -0.0273 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.122 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2340, 6.6394, 24.9401)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16488A #8A5816

analogous

#16828A #16488A #1E168A

triadic

#16488A #8A1648 #488A16

tetradic

#16488A #8A1682 #8A5816 #168A1E

square

#16488A #8A1682 #8A5816 #168A1E

split-complementary

#16488A #8A1E16 #828A16

monochromatic

#051120 #0E2C55 #16488A #1E64BF #3B82E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#16488A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#16488A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16488A

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16488A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16488A	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16488a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.122 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687aad',
    500: '#16488a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16488a;
$custom-light: #687aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16488a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.138,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40766,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16488A

secondary

#BE873E

accent

#A039EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16488A

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

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