#16495E#16495E

#16495E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.064 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16495E
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, -8.96, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 19.42, 242.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% -0.0414 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.064 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7330, 5.7433, 11.4466)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16495E #5E2B16

analogous

#165E4F #16495E #16255E

triadic

#16495E #5E1649 #495E16

tetradic

#16495E #4F165E #5E2B16 #255E16

square

#16495E #4F165E #5E2B16 #255E16

split-complementary

#16495E #5E1625 #5E4F16

monochromatic

#061319 #0A222C #16495E #227090 #2D96C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#16495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#16495E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16495E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16495E	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E485F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34415E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.064 229.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.382,
    "c": 0.06364,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16495E

secondary

#95553B

accent

#7243E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16495E

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

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