#16518F#16518F

#16518F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.118 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16518F
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 143)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(211, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 43.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.06, 5.42, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.06, 39.86, 277.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0338 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.118 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2294, 8.0376, 27.0990)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16518F #8F5416

analogous

#168D8F #16518F #18168F

triadic

#16518F #8F1651 #518F16

tetradic

#16518F #8F168D #8F5416 #168F18

square

#16518F #8F168D #8F5416 #168F18

split-complementary

#16518F #8F1816 #8D8F16

monochromatic

#061525 #0E335A #16518F #1E6FC4 #3E8EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#16518F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#16518F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16518F

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16518F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16518F	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16518f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.118 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6981b0',
    500: '#16518f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16518f;
$custom-light: #6981b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16518f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.744,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43267,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16518F

secondary

#C1823F

accent

#9638F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16518F

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

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