#16496E#16496E

#16496E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.082 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16496E
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 110)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(205, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 33.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, -2.69, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 26.29, 264.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% -0.0354 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.082 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5268, 6.0608, 15.6274)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16496E #6E3B16

analogous

#166E67 #16496E #161D6E

triadic

#16496E #6E1649 #496E16

tetradic

#16496E #67166E #6E3B16 #1D6E16

square

#16496E #67166E #6E3B16 #1D6E16

split-complementary

#16496E #6E161D #6E6716

monochromatic

#05111A #0C273B #16496E #206BA1 #2A8DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#16496E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#16496E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16496E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16496E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16496E	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C426D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16496e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.082 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627b98',
    500: '#16496e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16496e;
$custom-light: #627b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16496e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.227,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3911,
    "c": 0.08222,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16496E

secondary

#A4683C

accent

#863EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16496E

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

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