#16506A#16506A

#16506A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.072 H 232.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16506A
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 106)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(199, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, -8.70, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 22.09, 246.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% -0.0443 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.072 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8000, 6.9478, 14.6683)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16506A #6A3016

analogous

#166A5A #16506A #16266A

triadic

#16506A #6A1650 #506A16

tetradic

#16506A #5A166A #6A3016 #266A16

square

#16506A #5A166A #6A3016 #266A16

split-complementary

#16506A #6A1626 #6A5A16

monochromatic

#051319 #0B2A37 #16506A #21769D #2B9DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#16506A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#16506A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16506A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16506A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16506A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38476A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16506a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.072 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618194',
    500: '#16506a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16506a;
$custom-light: #618194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16506a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40728,
    "c": 0.07231,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16506A

secondary

#A05B3B

accent

#743FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF1

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16506A

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

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