#16505D#16505D

#16505D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.062 H 216.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16505D
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 93)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 14%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, -13.55, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 18.76, 223.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% -0.0498 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.062 216)
XYZ	xyz(5.1745, 6.6976, 11.3739)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16505D #5D2316

analogous

#165D47 #16505D #162C5D

triadic

#16505D #5D1650 #505D16

tetradic

#16505D #47165D #5D2316 #2C5D16

square

#16505D #47165D #5D2316 #2C5D16

split-complementary

#16505D #5D162C #5D4716

monochromatic

#061519 #0A252C #16505D #227B8E #2DA5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#16505D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#16505D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16505D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16505D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16505D	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D465D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16505d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.062 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f818b',
    500: '#16505d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16505d;
$custom-light: #5f818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16505d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40072,
    "c": 0.06157,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.06698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16505D

secondary

#944B3B

accent

#6143E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16505D

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

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