#16508D#16508D

#16508D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.116 H 253.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16508D
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 141)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 43.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 5.27, -38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 39.32, 277.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% -0.0334 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.116 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0054, 7.8300, 26.2836)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16508D #8D5316

analogous

#168C8D #16508D #17168D

triadic

#16508D #8D1650 #508D16

tetradic

#16508D #8D168C #8D5316 #168D17

square

#16508D #8D168C #8D5316 #168D17

split-complementary

#16508D #8D1716 #8C8D16

monochromatic

#051423 #0E3258 #16508D #1E6EC2 #3D8DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#16508D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#16508D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16508D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16508D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16508D	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31558F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16508d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.116 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6980af',
    500: '#16508d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16508d;
$custom-light: #6980af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16508d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.756,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42888,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16508D

secondary

#C1813E

accent

#9638F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16508D

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

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