#16509E#16509E

#16509E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.140 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16509E
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 158)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(214, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 49.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 12.21, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 49.01, 284.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% -0.03 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.14 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3688, 8.3753, 33.4639)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16509E #9E6416

analogous

#16949E #16509E #20169E

triadic

#16509E #9E1650 #509E16

tetradic

#16509E #9E1694 #9E6416 #169E20

square

#16509E #9E1694 #9E6416 #169E20

split-complementary

#16509E #9E2016 #949E16

monochromatic

#071A33 #0F3568 #16509E #1D6BD4 #498CE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#16509E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#16509E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16509E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16509E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16509E	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2258A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16509e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.140 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d80bb',
    500: '#16509e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16509e;
$custom-light: #6d80bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16509e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44122,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16509E

secondary

#C79149

accent

#A236F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16509E

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

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