#16496C#16496C

#16496C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.080 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16496C
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 108)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(204, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 32.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.46, -3.49, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.46, 25.30, 262.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% -0.0361 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.08 243)
XYZ	xyz(5.4191, 6.0177, 15.0604)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16496C #6C3916

analogous

#166C64 #16496C #161E6C

triadic

#16496C #6C1649 #496C16

tetradic

#16496C #64166C #6C3916 #1E6C16

square

#16496C #64166C #6C3916 #1E6C16

split-complementary

#16496C #6C161E #6C6416

monochromatic

#051119 #0C2739 #16496C #206B9F #2B8ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#16496C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16496C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16496C

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16496C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16496C	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D426B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16496c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.080 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617b96',
    500: '#16496c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16496c;
$custom-light: #617b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16496c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.419,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38989,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.06018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16496C

secondary

#A2653C

accent

#843FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16496C

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

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