#16506F#16506F

#16506F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.078 H 236.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16506F
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 111)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(201, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 27.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, -6.77, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 24.04, 253.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41% -0.0424 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.078 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0676, 7.0549, 16.0778)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16506F #6F3516

analogous

#166F61 #16506F #16236F

triadic

#16506F #6F1650 #506F16

tetradic

#16506F #61166F #6F3516 #236F16

square

#16506F #61166F #6F3516 #236F16

split-complementary

#16506F #6F1623 #6F6116

monochromatic

#05121A #0C2B3C #16506F #2075A2 #2B9AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#16506F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#16506F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16506F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16506F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16506F	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#415070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35476E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16506f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.078 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628198',
    500: '#16506f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16506f;
$custom-light: #628198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16506f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.899,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41002,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16506F

secondary

#A5603C

accent

#7A3EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16506F

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

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