#16488D#16488D

#16488D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.126 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16488D
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 141)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 48.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 10.67, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 44.20, 283.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% -0.0268 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.126 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4542, 6.7275, 26.0998)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16488D #8D5B16

analogous

#16848D #16488D #20168D

triadic

#16488D #8D1648 #488D16

tetradic

#16488D #8D1684 #8D5B16 #168D20

square

#16488D #8D1684 #8D5B16 #168D20

split-complementary

#16488D #8D2016 #848D16

monochromatic

#051223 #0E2D58 #16488D #1E63C2 #3D82E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#16488D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#16488D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16488D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16488D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16488D	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16488d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.126 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697aaf',
    500: '#16488d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16488d;
$custom-light: #697aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16488d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.79,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40992,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16488D

secondary

#C18A3E

accent

#A338F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16488D

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

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