#16516F#16516F

#16516F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.077 H 235.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16516F
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 111)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(200, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 27%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, -7.39, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 23.73, 251.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% -0.0434 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.077 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1414, 7.2024, 16.1024)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16516F #6F3416

analogous

#166F60 #16516F #16246F

triadic

#16516F #6F1651 #516F16

tetradic

#16516F #60166F #6F3416 #246F16

square

#16516F #60166F #6F3416 #246F16

split-complementary

#16516F #6F1624 #6F6016

monochromatic

#05131A #0C2C3C #16516F #2076A2 #2B9BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#16516F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#16516F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16516F

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16516F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16516F	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36486F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16516f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.077 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628198',
    500: '#16516f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16516f;
$custom-light: #628198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16516f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.225,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41266,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16516F

secondary

#A55F3C

accent

#783EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16516F

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

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