#16495D#16495D

#16495D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.063 H 228.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16495D
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 93)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, -9.34, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 19.10, 240.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% -0.0418 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.063 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6884, 5.7254, 11.2118)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16495D #5D2A16

analogous

#165D4D #16495D #16265D

triadic

#16495D #5D1649 #495D16

tetradic

#16495D #4D165D #5D2A16 #265D16

square

#16495D #4D165D #5D2A16 #265D16

split-complementary

#16495D #5D1626 #5D4D16

monochromatic

#061319 #0A222C #16495D #22708E #2D97C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#16495D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#16495D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16495D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16495D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16495D	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E485E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35415D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16495d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.063 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b8b',
    500: '#16495d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16495d;
$custom-light: #5e7b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16495d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38148,
    "c": 0.06269,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16495D

secondary

#94543B

accent

#7143E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16495D

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

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