#16526D#16526D

#16526D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.074 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16526D
RGB	rgb(22, 82, 109)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(199, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 24.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, -8.78, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 22.70, 247.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% -0.0453 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.074 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1074, 7.3086, 15.5538)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16526D #6D3116

analogous

#166D5C #16526D #16266D

triadic

#16526D #6D1652 #526D16

tetradic

#16526D #5C166D #6D3116 #266D16

square

#16526D #5C166D #6D3116 #266D16

split-complementary

#16526D #6D1626 #6D5C16

monochromatic

#051319 #0C2C3A #16526D #2078A0 #2B9FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#16526D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#16526D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16526D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16526D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16526D	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45516E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39496D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16526d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 82, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.074 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628297',
    500: '#16526d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16526d;
$custom-light: #628297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16526d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41422,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16526D

secondary

#A35C3C

accent

#733EE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16526D

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

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