#16508F#16508F

#16508F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.119 H 254.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16508F
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 143)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 44.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 6.08, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 40.44, 278.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.0329 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.119 254)
XYZ	xyz(8.1556, 7.8901, 27.0744)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16508F #8F5516

analogous

#168C8F #16508F #19168F

triadic

#16508F #8F1650 #508F16

tetradic

#16508F #8F168C #8F5516 #168F19

square

#16508F #8F168C #8F5516 #168F19

split-complementary

#16508F #8F1916 #8C8F16

monochromatic

#061525 #0E325A #16508F #1E6EC4 #3E8CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#16508F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#16508F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16508F

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16508F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16508F	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16508f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.119 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6980b0',
    500: '#16508f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16508f;
$custom-light: #6980b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16508f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.24,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43027,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.07891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16508F

secondary

#C1833F

accent

#9838F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16508F

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

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