#16506E#16506E

#16506E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.077 H 236.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16506E
RGBrgb(22, 80, 110)
HSLhsl(200, 67%, 26%)
HSVhsv(200, 80%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 27.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(31.88, -7.16, -22.52)
CIE-LCHlch(31.88, 23.63, 252.36°)
OKLaboklab(40.95% -0.0428 -0.0635)
OKLCHoklch(40.95% 0.077 236.1)
XYZxyz(6.0129, 7.0330, 15.7894)
Luminance0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16506E #6E3416
analogous
#166E60 #16506E #16246E
triadic
#16506E #6E1650 #506E16
tetradic
#16506E #60166E #6E3416 #246E16
square
#16506E #60166E #6E3416 #246E16
split-complementary
#16506E #6E1624 #6E6016
monochromatic
#05131A #0C2B3B #16506E #2075A1 #2A9AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73
#16506E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41
#16506E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16506E
8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16506E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16506E1.008.732.418.73
#FFFFFF8.731.0021.001.00
#0000002.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.731.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#42506F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#36476E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00585A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16506e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.077 236.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628197',
    500: '#16506e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16506e;
$custom-light: #628197;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16506e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40946,
    "c": 0.07659,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16506E
secondary
#A45F3C
accent
#793EEA
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#060A0D
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16506E

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#16506E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva