#16498D#16498D

#16498D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.125 H 257.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16498D
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 141)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 48.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 9.98, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 43.57, 283.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% -0.0276 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.125 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5194, 6.8578, 26.1215)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16498D #8D5A16

analogous

#16858D #16498D #1F168D

triadic

#16498D #8D1649 #498D16

tetradic

#16498D #8D1685 #8D5A16 #168D1F

square

#16498D #8D1685 #8D5A16 #168D1F

split-complementary

#16498D #8D1F16 #858D16

monochromatic

#051223 #0E2E58 #16498D #1E64C2 #3D83E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#16498D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#16498D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16498D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16498D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16498D	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16498d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.125 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697baf',
    500: '#16498d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16498d;
$custom-light: #697baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16498d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41225,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16498D

secondary

#C1893E

accent

#A138F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16498D

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

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