#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
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 124)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(210, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 41.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 2.99, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 33.79, 275.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% -0.0313 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.101 252)
XYZ	xyz(6.3501, 6.3901, 19.9636)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##16497C	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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