#16508B#16508B

#16508B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.114 H 252.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16508B
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 139)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(210, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 42.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 4.45, -37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 38.20, 276.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% -0.0339 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.114 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8580, 7.7710, 25.5069)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16508B #8B5116

analogous

#168B8B #16508B #16168B

triadic

#16508B #8B1650 #508B16

tetradic

#16508B #8B168B #8B5116 #168B16

square

#16508B #8B168B #8B5116 #168B16

split-complementary

#16508B #8B1616 #8B8B16

monochromatic

#051321 #0E3256 #16508B #1E6EC0 #3B8DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#16508B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#16508B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16508B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16508B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16508B	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33548D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16508b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.114 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6880ad',
    500: '#16508b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16508b;
$custom-light: #6880ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16508b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.256,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4275,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16508B

secondary

#BF7F3E

accent

#9538EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16508B

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

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