#16517A#16517A

#16517A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.090 H 243.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16517A
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 122)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(205, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 33.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, -3.07, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 28.69, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% -0.0396 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.09 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7848, 7.4598, 19.4909)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16517A #7A3F16

analogous

#167A71 #16517A #161F7A

triadic

#16517A #7A1651 #517A16

tetradic

#16517A #71167A #7A3F16 #1F7A16

square

#16517A #71167A #7A3F16 #1F7A16

split-complementary

#16517A #7A161F #7A7116

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2F46 #16517A #1F73AE #3194DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#16517A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#16517A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16517A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16517A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16517A	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E527C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16517a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.090 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6481a0',
    500: '#16517a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16517a;
$custom-light: #6481a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16517a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41903,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16517A

secondary

#AF6C3D

accent

#843CEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16517A

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

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