#16516C#16516C

#16516C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.074 H 232.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16516C
RGBrgb(22, 81, 108)
HSLhsl(199, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(199, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.6%, 25%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(32.12, -8.55, -20.90)
CIE-LCHlch(32.12, 22.58, 247.75°)
OKLaboklab(41.1% -0.0446 -0.0588)
OKLCHoklch(41.1% 0.074 232.8)
XYZxyz(5.9790, 7.1374, 15.2470)
Luminance0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16516C #6C3116
analogous
#166C5C #16516C #16266C
triadic
#16516C #6C1651 #516C16
tetradic
#16516C #5C166C #6C3116 #266C16
square
#16516C #5C166C #6C3116 #266C16
split-complementary
#16516C #6C1626 #6C5C16
monochromatic
#051319 #0C2B39 #16516C #20779F #2B9DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65
#16516C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43
#16516C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16516C
8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16516C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16516C1.008.652.438.65
#FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00
#0000002.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#44506D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#38486C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00585A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16516c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.074 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628196',
    500: '#16516c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16516c;
$custom-light: #628196;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16516c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.837,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41102,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16516C
secondary
#A25C3C
accent
#743FE9
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#060A0D
muted
#7A7C7E

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Preview with #16516C

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