#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
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 122)
HSL	hsl(209, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(209, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 40.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 2.17, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 32.68, 273.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% -0.0318 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.098 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2249, 6.3401, 19.3043)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##16497A	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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