#16516A#16516A

#16516A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.072 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16516A
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 106)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(198, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, -9.31, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 21.87, 244.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41% -0.0454 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.072 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8738, 7.0953, 14.6928)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16516A #6A2F16

analogous

#166A59 #16516A #16276A

triadic

#16516A #6A1651 #516A16

tetradic

#16516A #59166A #6A2F16 #276A16

square

#16516A #59166A #6A2F16 #276A16

split-complementary

#16516A #6A1627 #6A5916

monochromatic

#051319 #0B2A37 #16516A #21789D #2B9ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#16516A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#16516A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16516A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16516A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16516A	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44506B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39486A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16516a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.072 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618194',
    500: '#16516a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16516a;
$custom-light: #618194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16516a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40995,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16516A

secondary

#A0593B

accent

#723FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF1

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16516A

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

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