#16516B#16516B

#16516B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.073 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16516B
RGBrgb(22, 81, 107)
HSLhsl(198, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(198, 79%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LABlab(32.07, -8.93, -20.34)
CIE-LCHlch(32.07, 22.22, 246.29°)
OKLaboklab(41.05% -0.045 -0.0572)
OKLCHoklch(41.05% 0.073 231.8)
XYZxyz(5.9261, 7.1163, 14.9683)
Luminance0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16516B #6B3016
analogous
#166B5A #16516B #16266B
triadic
#16516B #6B1651 #516B16
tetradic
#16516B #5A166B #6B3016 #266B16
square
#16516B #5A166B #6B3016 #266B16
split-complementary
#16516B #6B1626 #6B5A16
monochromatic
#051319 #0C2B38 #16516B #20779E #2B9ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67
#16516B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42
#16516B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16516B
8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16516B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16516B1.008.672.428.67
#FFFFFF8.671.0021.001.00
#0000002.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#44506C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#39486B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00585A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16516b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.073 231.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618195',
    500: '#16516b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16516b;
$custom-light: #618195;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16516b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.353,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41048,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16516B
secondary
#A15B3B
accent
#733FE9
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF1
border
#C6C9CB
text
#060A0D
muted
#7A7C7E

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#16516B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva