#16497F#16497F

#16497F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.105 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16497F
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 127)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(211, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 42.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 4.22, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 35.49, 276.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% -0.0306 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.105 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5427, 6.4672, 20.9780)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16497F #7F4C16

analogous

#167E7F #16497F #17167F

triadic

#16497F #7F1649 #497F16

tetradic

#16497F #7F167E #7F4C16 #167F17

square

#16497F #7F167E #7F4C16 #167F17

split-complementary

#16497F #7F1716 #7E7F16

monochromatic

#050F1A #0D2B4B #16497F #1F67B3 #3485DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#16497F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#16497F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16497F

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16497F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16497F	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C447E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16497f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.105 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667ba4',
    500: '#16497f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16497f;
$custom-light: #667ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16497f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40216,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16497F

secondary

#B47A3D

accent

#963BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16497F

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

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