#16517F#16517F

#16517F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.097 H 246.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16517F
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 127)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(206, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 36.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, -1.07, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 31.21, 268.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% -0.038 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.097 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1026, 7.5869, 21.1646)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16517F #7F4416

analogous

#167F79 #16517F #161C7F

triadic

#16517F #7F1651 #517F16

tetradic

#16517F #79167F #7F4416 #1C7F16

square

#16517F #79167F #7F4416 #1C7F16

split-complementary

#16517F #7F161C #7F7916

monochromatic

#05111A #0D304B #16517F #1F72B3 #3492DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#16517F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#16517F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16517F

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16517F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16517F	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16517f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.097 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6681a4',
    500: '#16517f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16517f;
$custom-light: #6681a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16517f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.286,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42211,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16517F

secondary

#B4713D

accent

#893BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16517F

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

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