#16496B#16496B

#16496B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.078 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16496B
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.40, -3.89, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.40, 24.81, 260.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% -0.0365 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.078 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3662, 5.9966, 14.7817)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16496B #6B3816

analogous

#166B62 #16496B #161F6B

triadic

#16496B #6B1649 #496B16

tetradic

#16496B #62166B #6B3816 #1F6B16

square

#16496B #62166B #6B3816 #1F6B16

split-complementary

#16496B #6B161F #6B6216

monochromatic

#051119 #0C2638 #16496B #206C9E #2B8ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#16496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16496B

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16496B	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D426A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.078 242.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38929,
    "c": 0.07839,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16496B

secondary

#A1643B

accent

#833FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16496B

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

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