#16497E#16497E

#16497E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.104 H 252.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16497E
RGBrgb(22, 73, 126)
HSLhsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(211, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.5%, 42.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(30.50, 3.81, -34.71)
CIE-LCHlch(30.50, 34.92, 276.26°)
OKLaboklab(40.15% -0.0308 -0.0992)
OKLCHoklch(40.15% 0.104 252.8)
XYZxyz(6.4779, 6.4412, 20.6365)
Luminance0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16497E #7E4B16
analogous
#167D7E #16497E #17167E
triadic
#16497E #7E1649 #497E16
tetradic
#16497E #7E167D #7E4B16 #167E17
square
#16497E #7E167D #7E4B16 #167E17
split-complementary
#16497E #7E1716 #7D7E16
monochromatic
#050F1A #0D2B4A #16497E #1F67B2 #3386DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18
#16497E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29
#16497E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16497E
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16497E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16497E1.009.182.299.18
#FFFFFF9.181.0021.001.00
#0000002.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2F4D80
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1E437D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00565D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16497e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.104 252.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ba4',
    500: '#16497e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16497e;
$custom-light: #657ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16497e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.577,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40148,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16497E
secondary
#B3793D
accent
#963BED
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEDF4
border
#C6C8CE
text
#07090F
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

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