#16517D#16517D

#16517D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.094 H 245.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16517D
RGBrgb(22, 81, 125)
HSLhsl(206, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(206, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 35.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(33.00, -1.87, -30.13)
CIE-LCHlch(33.00, 30.18, 266.45°)
OKLaboklab(42.09% -0.0386 -0.0857)
OKLCHoklch(42.09% 0.094 245.7)
XYZxyz(6.9735, 7.5353, 20.4850)
Luminance0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16517D #7D4216
analogous
#167D76 #16517D #161E7D
triadic
#16517D #7D1651 #517D16
tetradic
#16517D #76167D #7D4216 #1E7D16
square
#16517D #76167D #7D4216 #1E7D16
split-complementary
#16517D #7D161E #7D7616
monochromatic
#05111A #0D2F49 #16517D #1F73B1 #3293DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38
#16517D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51
#16517D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16517D
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16517D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16517D1.008.382.518.38
#FFFFFF8.381.0021.001.00
#0000002.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.381.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3C537F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2E497C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005C61
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16517d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.094 245.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6581a3',
    500: '#16517d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16517d;
$custom-light: #6581a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16517d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.631,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42086,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16517D
secondary
#B26F3D
accent
#873BED
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEEF3
border
#C6C9CD
text
#060A0F
muted
#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16517D

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