#16508C#16508C

#16508C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.115 H 253.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16508C
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 140)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 42.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 4.86, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 38.76, 277.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% -0.0336 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.115 253)
XYZ	xyz(7.9314, 7.8004, 25.8935)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16508C #8C5216

analogous

#168B8C #16508C #17168C

triadic

#16508C #8C1650 #508C16

tetradic

#16508C #8C168B #8C5216 #168C17

square

#16508C #8C168B #8C5216 #168C17

split-complementary

#16508C #8C1716 #8B8C16

monochromatic

#051422 #0E3257 #16508C #1E6EC1 #3C8DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#16508C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#16508C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16508C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16508C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16508C	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32558E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16508c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.115 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6980ae',
    500: '#16508c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16508c;
$custom-light: #6980ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16508c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.508,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42819,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.07801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16508C

secondary

#C0803E

accent

#9538F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16508C

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

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