#16536D#16536D

#16536D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.074 H 231.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16536D
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 109)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(198, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, -9.39, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 22.47, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% -0.0463 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.074 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1833, 7.4605, 15.5792)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16536D #6D3016

analogous

#166D5B #16536D #16276D

triadic

#16536D #6D1653 #536D16

tetradic

#16536D #5B166D #6D3016 #276D16

square

#16536D #5B166D #6D3016 #276D16

split-complementary

#16536D #6D1627 #6D5B16

monochromatic

#051319 #0C2C3A #16536D #207AA0 #2BA1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#16536D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#16536D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16536D

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16536D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16536D	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46526E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16536d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.074 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628397',
    500: '#16536d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16536d;
$custom-light: #628397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16536d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.931,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41688,
    "c": 0.07379,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16536D

secondary

#A35B3C

accent

#723EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16536D

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

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