#16498C#16498C

#16498C is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.124 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16498C
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 140)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 47.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 9.57, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 42.98, 282.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% -0.0278 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.124 257)
XYZ	xyz(7.4453, 6.8282, 25.7314)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16498C #8C5916

analogous

#16848C #16498C #1E168C

triadic

#16498C #8C1649 #498C16

tetradic

#16498C #8C1684 #8C5916 #168C1E

square

#16498C #8C1684 #8C5916 #168C1E

split-complementary

#16498C #8C1E16 #848C16

monochromatic

#051222 #0E2D57 #16498C #1E65C1 #3C83E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#16498C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#16498C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16498C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16498C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16498C	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24508F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16498c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.124 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697bae',
    500: '#16498c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16498c;
$custom-light: #697bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16498c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.068,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41151,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.06829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16498C

secondary

#C0883E

accent

#A038F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16498C

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

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