#16527E#16527E

#16527E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.094 H 245.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16527E
RGB	rgb(22, 82, 126)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, -2.11, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 30.22, 265.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% -0.0393 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.094 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1126, 7.7107, 20.8481)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16527E #7E4216

analogous

#167E76 #16527E #161E7E

triadic

#16527E #7E1652 #527E16

tetradic

#16527E #76167E #7E4216 #1E7E16

square

#16527E #76167E #7E4216 #1E7E16

split-complementary

#16527E #7E161E #7E7616

monochromatic

#05111A #0D304A #16527E #1F74B2 #3394DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#16527E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#16527E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16527E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16527E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16527E	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F4A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16527e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 82, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.094 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6582a3',
    500: '#16527e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16527e;
$custom-light: #6582a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16527e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42402,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16527E

secondary

#B36F3D

accent

#863BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16527E

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

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