#16497A#16497A

#16497A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.098 H 251.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16497A
RGBrgb(22, 73, 122)
HSLhsl(209, 69%, 28%)
HSVhsv(209, 82%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 40.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LABlab(30.25, 2.17, -32.61)
CIE-LCHlch(30.25, 32.68, 273.81°)
OKLaboklab(39.88% -0.0318 -0.0931)
OKLCHoklch(39.88% 0.098 251.1)
XYZxyz(6.2249, 6.3401, 19.3043)
Luminance0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16497A #7A4716
analogous
#167A79 #16497A #16177A
triadic
#16497A #7A1649 #497A16
tetradic
#16497A #79167A #7A4716 #177A16
square
#16497A #79167A #7A4716 #177A16
split-complementary
#16497A #7A1617 #7A7916
monochromatic
#05101A #0D2A46 #16497A #1F68AE #3187DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26
#16497A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27
#16497A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16497A
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16497A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16497A1.009.262.279.26
#FFFFFF9.261.0021.001.00
#0000002.2721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#324C7C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#224379
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00555B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16497a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.098 251.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647ba1',
    500: '#16497a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16497a;
$custom-light: #647ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16497a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39877,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16497A
secondary
#AF753D
accent
#923CEC
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEDF2
border
#C6C8CC
text
#06090F
muted
#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16497A

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#16497A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva