#16526E#16526E

#16526E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.075 H 233.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16526E
RGB	rgb(22, 82, 110)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(199, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 25.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, -8.40, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 23.07, 248.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.0449 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.075 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1615, 7.3302, 15.8390)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16526E #6E3216

analogous

#166E5E #16526E #16266E

triadic

#16526E #6E1652 #526E16

tetradic

#16526E #5E166E #6E3216 #266E16

square

#16526E #5E166E #6E3216 #266E16

split-complementary

#16526E #6E1626 #6E5E16

monochromatic

#05131A #0C2C3B #16526E #2078A1 #2A9ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#16526E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#16526E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16526E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16526E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16526E	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44516F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38496E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16526e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 82, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.075 233.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16526e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41476,
    "c": 0.07534,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16526E

secondary

#A45D3C

accent

#753EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16526E

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

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