#16496A#16496A

#16496A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.077 H 241.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16496A
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 106)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, -4.29, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 24.34, 259.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% -0.0368 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.077 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3139, 5.9756, 14.5062)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16496A #6A3716

analogous

#166A61 #16496A #161F6A

triadic

#16496A #6A1649 #496A16

tetradic

#16496A #61166A #6A3716 #1F6A16

square

#16496A #61166A #6A3716 #1F6A16

split-complementary

#16496A #6A161F #6A6116

monochromatic

#051119 #0B2637 #16496A #216C9D #2B8FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#16496A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16496A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16496A

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16496A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16496A	1.00	9.57	2.20	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16496a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.077 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617b95',
    500: '#16496a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16496a;
$custom-light: #617b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16496a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3887,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16496A

secondary

#A0633B

accent

#823FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16496A

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

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