#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
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 111)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(206, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 34.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, -2.29, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 26.80, 265.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% -0.0351 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.084 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5816, 6.0827, 15.9158)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##16496F	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16496F

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

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