#16518E#16518E

#16518E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.117 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16518E
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 142)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 43%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 5.01, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 39.30, 277.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% -0.034 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.117 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1539, 8.0074, 26.7018)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16518E #8E5316

analogous

#168D8E #16518E #17168E

triadic

#16518E #8E1651 #518E16

tetradic

#16518E #8E168D #8E5316 #168E17

square

#16518E #8E168D #8E5316 #168E17

split-complementary

#16518E #8E1716 #8D8E16

monochromatic

#061524 #0E3359 #16518E #1E6FC3 #3D8EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#16518E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#16518E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16518E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16518E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16518E	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16518e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.117 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6981af',
    500: '#16518e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16518e;
$custom-light: #6981af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16518e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43198,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16518E

secondary

#C1813F

accent

#9538F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16518E

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

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