#16498E#16498E

#16498E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.126 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16498E
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 142)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 48.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 10.40, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 44.15, 283.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% -0.0274 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.126 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5941, 6.8877, 26.5152)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16498E #8E5B16

analogous

#16858E #16498E #1F168E

triadic

#16498E #8E1649 #498E16

tetradic

#16498E #8E1685 #8E5B16 #168E1F

square

#16498E #8E1685 #8E5B16 #168E1F

split-complementary

#16498E #8E1F16 #858E16

monochromatic

#061324 #0E2E59 #16498E #1E64C3 #3D83E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#16498E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#16498E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16498E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16498E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16498E	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16498e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.126 257.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16498e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41301,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16498E

secondary

#C18A3F

accent

#A238F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16498E

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

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