#16505E#16505E

#16505E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.062 H 217.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16505E
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, -13.19, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 18.90, 225.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% -0.0494 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.062 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2191, 6.7154, 11.6087)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16505E #5E2416

analogous

#165E48 #16505E #162C5E

triadic

#16505E #5E1650 #505E16

tetradic

#16505E #48165E #5E2416 #2C5E16

square

#16505E #48165E #5E2416 #2C5E16

split-complementary

#16505E #5E162C #5E4816

monochromatic

#061519 #0A262C #16505E #227A90 #2DA4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#16505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#16505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16505E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16505E	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D465E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.062 217.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40119,
    "c": 0.06218,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16505E

secondary

#954C3B

accent

#6243E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16505E

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

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