#16519E#16519E

#16519E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.139 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16519E
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 158)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(214, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 48.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.05, 11.53, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.05, 48.38, 283.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% -0.0308 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.139 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4426, 8.5229, 33.4885)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16519E #9E6316

analogous

#16959E #16519E #1F169E

triadic

#16519E #9E1651 #519E16

tetradic

#16519E #9E1695 #9E6316 #169E1F

square

#16519E #9E1695 #9E6316 #169E1F

split-complementary

#16519E #9E1F16 #959E16

monochromatic

#071A33 #0F3568 #16519E #1D6DD4 #498DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#16519E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#16519E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16519E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16519E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16519E	1.00	7.76	2.70	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2459A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16519e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.139 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d81bb',
    500: '#16519e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16519e;
$custom-light: #6d81bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16519e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.971,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4435,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16519E

secondary

#C79049

accent

#A036F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16519E

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

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