#16518B#16518B

#16518B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.113 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16518B
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 139)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(210, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 41.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 3.79, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 37.64, 275.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% -0.0347 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.113 252)
XYZ	xyz(7.9317, 7.9185, 25.5315)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16518B #8B5016

analogous

#168B8B #16518B #16168B

triadic

#16518B #8B1651 #518B16

tetradic

#16518B #8B168B #8B5016 #168B16

square

#16518B #8B168B #8B5016 #168B16

split-complementary

#16518B #8B1616 #8B8B16

monochromatic

#051321 #0E3256 #16518B #1E70C0 #3B8EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#16518B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#16518B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16518B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16518B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16518B	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34558D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16518b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.113 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6881ad',
    500: '#16518b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16518b;
$custom-light: #6881ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16518b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.744,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42993,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.0792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16518B

secondary

#BF7E3E

accent

#9338EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16518B

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

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