#16497B#16497B

#16497B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.100 H 251.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16497B
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 123)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(210, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 40.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 2.58, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 33.23, 274.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% -0.0316 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.1 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2872, 6.3650, 19.6322)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16497B #7B4816

analogous

#167B7A #16497B #16167B

triadic

#16497B #7B1649 #497B16

tetradic

#16497B #7A167B #7B4816 #167B16

square

#16497B #7A167B #7B4816 #167B16

split-complementary

#16497B #7B1616 #7B7A16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2A47 #16497B #1F68AF #3187DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#16497B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#16497B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16497B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16497B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16497B	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21437A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16497b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.100 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ba1',
    500: '#16497b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16497b;
$custom-light: #657ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16497b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.703,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39944,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16497B

secondary

#B0763D

accent

#933BEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16497B

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

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