#16536A#16536A

#16536A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.071 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16536A
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 106)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, -10.53, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 21.50, 240.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% -0.0476 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.071 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0246, 7.3970, 14.7431)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16536A #6A2D16

analogous

#166A57 #16536A #16296A

triadic

#16536A #6A1653 #536A16

tetradic

#16536A #57166A #6A2D16 #296A16

square

#16536A #57166A #6A2D16 #296A16

split-complementary

#16536A #6A1629 #6A5716

monochromatic

#051419 #0B2B37 #16536A #217B9D #2BA2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#16536A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#16536A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16536A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16536A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16536A	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47516B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C496A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16536a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.071 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618394',
    500: '#16536a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16536a;
$custom-light: #618394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16536a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41531,
    "c": 0.07093,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16536A

secondary

#A0573B

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16536A

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

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