#16488C#16488C

#16488C is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.125 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16488C
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 140)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 48.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 10.25, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 43.62, 283.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% -0.0269 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.125 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3801, 6.6978, 25.7097)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16488C #8C5A16

analogous

#16838C #16488C #1F168C

triadic

#16488C #8C1648 #488C16

tetradic

#16488C #8C1683 #8C5A16 #168C1F

square

#16488C #8C1683 #8C5A16 #168C1F

split-complementary

#16488C #8C1F16 #838C16

monochromatic

#051222 #0E2D57 #16488C #1E63C1 #3C82E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#16488C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#16488C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16488C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16488C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16488C	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16488c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.125 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697aae',
    500: '#16488c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16488c;
$custom-light: #697aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16488c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.576,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40916,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16488C

secondary

#C0893E

accent

#A238F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16488C

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

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