#16496D#16496D

#16496D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.081 H 243.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16496D
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 109)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(205, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 33%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, -3.09, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 25.79, 263.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% -0.0358 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.081 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4727, 6.0391, 15.3423)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16496D #6D3A16

analogous

#166D65 #16496D #161D6D

triadic

#16496D #6D1649 #496D16

tetradic

#16496D #65166D #6D3A16 #1D6D16

square

#16496D #65166D #6D3A16 #1D6D16

split-complementary

#16496D #6D161D #6D6516

monochromatic

#051119 #0C273A #16496D #206BA0 #2B8DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#16496D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#16496D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16496D

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16496D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16496D	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C426C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16496d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.081 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617b97',
    500: '#16496d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16496d;
$custom-light: #617b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16496d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39049,
    "c": 0.08093,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16496D

secondary

#A3663C

accent

#853EE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16496D

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

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