#16495A#16495A

#16495A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.060 H 224.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16495A
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 90)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, -10.47, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 18.24, 234.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% -0.0431 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.06 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5581, 5.6733, 10.5257)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16495A #5A2716

analogous

#165A49 #16495A #16275A

triadic

#16495A #5A1649 #495A16

tetradic

#16495A #49165A #5A2716 #275A16

square

#16495A #49165A #5A2716 #275A16

split-complementary

#16495A #5A1627 #5A4916

monochromatic

#061419 #0A2129 #16495A #22718B #2E99BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#16495A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#16495A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16495A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16495A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16495A	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F475B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36405A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16495a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.060 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b88',
    500: '#16495a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16495a;
$custom-light: #5e7b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16495a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37994,
    "c": 0.06003,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16495A

secondary

#91503B

accent

#6C44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16495A

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

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