#16517E#16517E

#16517E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.095 H 246.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16517E
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 126)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(206, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, -1.47, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 30.69, 267.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% -0.0383 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.095 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0377, 7.5609, 20.8231)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16517E #7E4316

analogous

#167E77 #16517E #161D7E

triadic

#16517E #7E1651 #517E16

tetradic

#16517E #77167E #7E4316 #1D7E16

square

#16517E #77167E #7E4316 #1D7E16

split-complementary

#16517E #7E161D #7E7716

monochromatic

#05111A #0D304A #16517E #1F72B2 #3393DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#16517E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#16517E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16517E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16517E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16517E	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C5380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16517e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.095 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6581a3',
    500: '#16517e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16517e;
$custom-light: #6581a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16517e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.962,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42148,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16517E

secondary

#B3703D

accent

#883BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16517E

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

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