#16528B#16528B

#16528B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.111 H 251.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16528B
RGB	rgb(22, 82, 139)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(209, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 41%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 3.13, -36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 37.08, 274.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0356 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.111 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0066, 8.0682, 25.5564)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16528B #8B4F16

analogous

#168B8A #16528B #16178B

triadic

#16528B #8B1652 #528B16

tetradic

#16528B #8A168B #8B4F16 #178B16

square

#16528B #8A168B #8B4F16 #178B16

split-complementary

#16528B #8B1617 #8B8A16

monochromatic

#051421 #0E3356 #16528B #1E71C0 #3B90E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#16528B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#16528B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16528B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16528B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16528B	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36568D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16528b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 82, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.111 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6882ad',
    500: '#16528b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16528b;
$custom-light: #6882ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16528b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43237,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16528B

secondary

#BF7D3E

accent

#9238EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16528B

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

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