#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
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 125)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(206, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 35.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, -1.87, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 30.18, 266.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% -0.0386 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.094 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9735, 7.5353, 20.4850)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##16517D	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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