#16495B#16495B

#16495B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.061 H 225.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16495B
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, -10.09, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 18.51, 236.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% -0.0427 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.061 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6010, 5.6905, 10.7514)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16495B #5B2816

analogous

#165B4B #16495B #16275B

triadic

#16495B #5B1649 #495B16

tetradic

#16495B #4B165B #5B2816 #275B16

square

#16495B #4B165B #5B2816 #275B16

split-complementary

#16495B #5B1627 #5B4B16

monochromatic

#061419 #0A212A #16495B #22718C #2E98BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#16495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#16495B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16495B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16495B	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F475C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36405B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.061 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b89',
    500: '#16495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16495b;
$custom-light: #5e7b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38045,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16495B

secondary

#92513B

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16495B

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

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