#16515D#16515D

#16515D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.062 H 214.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16515D
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 93)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, -14.13, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 18.83, 221.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% -0.051 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.062 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2483, 6.8451, 11.3984)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16515D #5D2216

analogous

#165D46 #16515D #162D5D

triadic

#16515D #5D1651 #515D16

tetradic

#16515D #46165D #5D2216 #2D5D16

square

#16515D #46165D #5D2216 #2D5D16

split-complementary

#16515D #5D162D #5D4616

monochromatic

#061619 #0A262C #16515D #227C8E #2DA7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#16515D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#16515D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16515D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16515D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16515D	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E475D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16515d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.062 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f828b',
    500: '#16515d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16515d;
$custom-light: #5f828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16515d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40348,
    "c": 0.06165,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16515D

secondary

#944A3B

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16515D

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

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