#16496F#16496F

#16496F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.084 H 245.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16496F
RGBrgb(22, 73, 111)
HSLhsl(206, 67%, 26%)
HSVhsv(206, 80%, 44%)
CMYKcmyk(80.2%, 34.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LABlab(29.62, -2.29, -26.70)
CIE-LCHlch(29.62, 26.80, 265.09°)
OKLaboklab(39.17% -0.0351 -0.0758)
OKLCHoklch(39.17% 0.084 245.1)
XYZxyz(5.5816, 6.0827, 15.9158)
Luminance0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16496F #6F3C16
analogous
#166F68 #16496F #161C6F
triadic
#16496F #6F1649 #496F16
tetradic
#16496F #68166F #6F3C16 #1C6F16
square
#16496F #68166F #6F3C16 #1C6F16
split-complementary
#16496F #6F161C #6F6816
monochromatic
#05111A #0C273C #16496F #206BA2 #2B8CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47
#16496F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22
#16496F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16496F
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16496F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16496F1.009.472.229.47
#FFFFFF9.471.0021.001.00
#0000002.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.471.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#374A71
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2B426E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005257
Achromatopsia (no color)
#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16496f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.084 245.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627b98',
    500: '#16496f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16496f;
$custom-light: #627b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16496f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.618,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39171,
    "c": 0.08352,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16496F
secondary
#A5693C
accent
#873EEA
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEDF2
border
#C6C8CC
text
#06090D
muted
#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

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#16496F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva