#16517B#16517B

#16517B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.091 H 244.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16517B
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 123)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(205, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, -2.67, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 29.18, 264.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% -0.0393 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.091 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8471, 7.4847, 19.8189)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16517B #7B4016

analogous

#167B72 #16517B #161F7B

triadic

#16517B #7B1651 #517B16

tetradic

#16517B #72167B #7B4016 #1F7B16

square

#16517B #72167B #7B4016 #1F7B16

split-complementary

#16517B #7B161F #7B7216

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2F47 #16517B #1F73AF #3194DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#16517B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#16517B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16517B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16517B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16517B	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D527D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F497A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16517b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.091 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6581a1',
    500: '#16517b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16517b;
$custom-light: #6581a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16517b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.95,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41964,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16517B

secondary

#B06D3D

accent

#853BEC

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16517B

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

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