#16518C#16518C

#16518C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.114 H 252.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16518C
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 140)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(210, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 42.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 4.19, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 38.19, 276.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% -0.0345 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.114 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0051, 7.9479, 25.9180)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16518C #8C5116

analogous

#168C8C #16518C #16168C

triadic

#16518C #8C1651 #518C16

tetradic

#16518C #8C168C #8C5116 #168C16

square

#16518C #8C168C #8C5116 #168C16

split-complementary

#16518C #8C1616 #8C8C16

monochromatic

#051422 #0E3257 #16518C #1E70C1 #3C8EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#16518C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#16518C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16518C

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16518C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16518C	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34558E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16518c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.114 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6981ae',
    500: '#16518c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16518c;
$custom-light: #6981ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16518c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43061,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16518C

secondary

#C07F3E

accent

#9438F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16518C

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

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