#16515E#16515E

#16515E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.062 H 215.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16515E
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 94)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, -13.78, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 18.95, 223.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% -0.0505 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.062 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2928, 6.8630, 11.6332)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16515E #5E2316

analogous

#165E47 #16515E #162D5E

triadic

#16515E #5E1651 #515E16

tetradic

#16515E #47165E #5E2316 #2D5E16

square

#16515E #47165E #5E2316 #2D5E16

split-complementary

#16515E #5E162D #5E4716

monochromatic

#061519 #0A262C #16515E #227C90 #2DA6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#16515E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#16515E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16515E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16515E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16515E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E475E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16515e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.062 215.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16515e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40395,
    "c": 0.06221,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16515E

secondary

#954B3B

accent

#6043E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16515E

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

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