#16497D#16497D

#16497D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.103 H 252.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16497D
RGBrgb(22, 73, 125)
HSLhsl(210, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(210, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(30.44, 3.40, -34.19)
CIE-LCHlch(30.44, 34.36, 275.68°)
OKLaboklab(40.08% -0.0311 -0.0977)
OKLCHoklch(40.08% 0.103 252.4)
XYZxyz(6.4137, 6.4156, 20.2984)
Luminance0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16497D #7D4A16
analogous
#167D7D #16497D #16167D
triadic
#16497D #7D1649 #497D16
tetradic
#16497D #7D167D #7D4A16 #167D16
square
#16497D #7D167D #7D4A16 #167D16
split-complementary
#16497D #7D1616 #7D7D16
monochromatic
#050F1A #0D2B49 #16497D #1F67B1 #3286DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20
#16497D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

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

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16497D
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16497D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16497D1.009.202.289.20
#FFFFFF9.201.0021.001.00
#0000002.2821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#304D7F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1F437C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00555D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16497d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.103 252.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ba3',
    500: '#16497d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16497d;
$custom-light: #657ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16497d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.291,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40079,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16497D
secondary
#B2783D
accent
#953BED
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEDF4
border
#C6C8CE
text
#06090F
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16497D

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