#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
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 125)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(210, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, 3.40, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 34.36, 275.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% -0.0311 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.103 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4137, 6.4156, 20.2984)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##16497D	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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