#16516D#16516D

#16516D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.075 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16516D
RGBrgb(22, 81, 109)
HSLhsl(199, 66%, 26%)
HSVhsv(199, 80%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(79.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LABlab(32.17, -8.17, -21.45)
CIE-LCHlch(32.17, 22.95, 249.16°)
OKLaboklab(41.16% -0.0442 -0.0604)
OKLCHoklch(41.16% 0.075 233.8)
XYZxyz(6.0325, 7.1588, 15.5289)
Luminance0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16516D #6D3216
analogous
#166D5D #16516D #16266D
triadic
#16516D #6D1651 #516D16
tetradic
#16516D #5D166D #6D3216 #266D16
square
#16516D #5D166D #6D3216 #266D16
split-complementary
#16516D #6D1626 #6D5D16
monochromatic
#051319 #0C2B3A #16516D #2077A0 #2B9DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63
#16516D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

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

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16516D
8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16516D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16516D1.008.632.438.63
#FFFFFF8.631.0021.001.00
#0000002.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.631.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#43506E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#38486D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00585A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.075 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628197',
    500: '#16516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16516d;
$custom-light: #628197;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.31,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41156,
    "c": 0.07488,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16516D
secondary
#A35D3C
accent
#753EE9
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#060A0D
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16516D

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