#16497C#16497C

#16497C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.101 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16497C
RGBrgb(22, 73, 124)
HSLhsl(210, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(210, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.3%, 41.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(30.38, 2.99, -33.66)
CIE-LCHlch(30.38, 33.79, 275.07°)
OKLaboklab(40.01% -0.0313 -0.0962)
OKLCHoklch(40.01% 0.101 252)
XYZxyz(6.3501, 6.3901, 19.9636)
Luminance0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16497C #7C4916
analogous
#167C7C #16497C #16167C
triadic
#16497C #7C1649 #497C16
tetradic
#16497C #7C167C #7C4916 #167C16
square
#16497C #7C167C #7C4916 #167C16
split-complementary
#16497C #7C1616 #7C7C16
monochromatic
#050F1A #0D2A48 #16497C #1F68B0 #3286DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22
#16497C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28
#16497C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16497C
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16497C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16497C1.009.222.289.22
#FFFFFF9.221.0021.001.00
#0000002.2821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.221.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#304D7E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#20437B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00555C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16497c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.101 252.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ba2',
    500: '#16497c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16497c;
$custom-light: #657ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16497c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40011,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.06391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16497C
secondary
#B1773D
accent
#943BED
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEDF3
border
#C6C8CD
text
#06090F
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16497C

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