#16506D#16506D

#16506D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.075 H 235.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16506D
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 109)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(200, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, -7.55, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 23.23, 251.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% -0.0431 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.075 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9588, 7.0113, 15.5043)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16506D #6D3316

analogous

#166D5E #16506D #16246D

triadic

#16506D #6D1650 #506D16

tetradic

#16506D #5E166D #6D3316 #246D16

square

#16506D #5E166D #6D3316 #246D16

split-complementary

#16506D #6D1624 #6D5E16

monochromatic

#051319 #0C2B3A #16506D #2075A0 #2B9BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#16506D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#16506D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16506D

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16506D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16506D	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36476D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16506d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.075 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628197',
    500: '#16506d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16506d;
$custom-light: #628197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16506d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40891,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16506D

secondary

#A35E3C

accent

#773EE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16506D

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

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