#16498B#16498B

#16498B is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.122 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16498B
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 139)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 47.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 9.16, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 42.40, 282.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% -0.0279 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.122 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3719, 6.7988, 25.3449)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16498B #8B5816

analogous

#16848B #16498B #1D168B

triadic

#16498B #8B1649 #498B16

tetradic

#16498B #8B1684 #8B5816 #168B1D

square

#16498B #8B1684 #8B5816 #168B1D

split-complementary

#16498B #8B1D16 #848B16

monochromatic

#051221 #0E2D56 #16498B #1E65C0 #3B83E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#16498B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#16498B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16498B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16498B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16498B	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16498b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.122 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687bad',
    500: '#16498b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16498b;
$custom-light: #687bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16498b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.846,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41076,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16498B

secondary

#BF873E

accent

#A038EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16498B

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

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