#16525E#16525E

#16525E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.062 H 214.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16525E
RGB	rgb(22, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, -14.36, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 19.03, 221.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% -0.0517 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.062 214)
XYZ	xyz(5.3677, 7.0127, 11.6582)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16525E #5E2216

analogous

#165E46 #16525E #162E5E

triadic

#16525E #5E1652 #525E16

tetradic

#16525E #46165E #5E2216 #2E5E16

square

#16525E #46165E #5E2216 #2E5E16

split-complementary

#16525E #5E162E #5E4616

monochromatic

#061619 #0A272C #16525E #227D90 #2DA9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#16525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#16525E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16525E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16525E	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F485E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.062 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f828b',
    500: '#16525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16525e;
$custom-light: #5f828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40671,
    "c": 0.0623,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.07013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16525E

secondary

#954A3B

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFF0

border

#C6CACB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16525E

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

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