#16519F#16519F

#16519F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.140 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16519F
RGB	rgb(22, 81, 159)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(214, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 49.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 11.94, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 48.96, 284.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% -0.0306 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.14 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5290, 8.5574, 33.9437)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16519F #9F6416

analogous

#16959F #16519F #20169F

triadic

#16519F #9F1651 #519F16

tetradic

#16519F #9F1695 #9F6416 #169F20

square

#16519F #9F1695 #9F6416 #169F20

split-complementary

#16519F #9F2016 #959F16

monochromatic

#071A33 #0F3669 #16519F #1D6CD5 #4A8DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#16519F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#16519F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16519F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16519F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16519F	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2359A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16519f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 81, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.140 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d81bc',
    500: '#16519f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16519f;
$custom-light: #6d81bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16519f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.161,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44425,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16519F

secondary

#C7914A

accent

#A136F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16519F

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

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