#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
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 126)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(211, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 42.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 3.81, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 34.92, 276.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% -0.0308 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.104 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4779, 6.4412, 20.6365)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##16497E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16497E

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

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