#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
RGBrgb(22, 81, 122)
HSLhsl(205, 69%, 28%)
HSVhsv(205, 82%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 33.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LABlab(32.83, -3.07, -28.52)
CIE-LCHlch(32.83, 28.69, 263.86°)
OKLaboklab(41.9% -0.0396 -0.081)
OKLCHoklch(41.9% 0.09 243.9)
XYZxyz(6.7848, 7.4598, 19.4909)
Luminance0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16517A1.008.432.498.43
#FFFFFF8.431.0021.001.00
#0000002.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.431.0021.001.00

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

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#16517A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva