#16508E#16508E

#16508E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.118 H 253.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16508E
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 142)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 43.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 5.67, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 39.88, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% -0.0332 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.118 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0802, 7.8599, 26.6772)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16508E #8E5416

analogous

#168C8E #16508E #18168E

triadic

#16508E #8E1650 #508E16

tetradic

#16508E #8E168C #8E5416 #168E18

square

#16508E #8E168C #8E5416 #168E18

split-complementary

#16508E #8E1816 #8C8E16

monochromatic

#061424 #0E3259 #16508E #1E6EC3 #3D8CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#16508E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#16508E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16508E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16508E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16508E	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16508e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.118 253.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16508e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42957,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16508E

secondary

#C1823F

accent

#9738F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16508E

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

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