#16537D#16537D

#16537D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.092 H 243.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16537D
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 125)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(204, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, -3.15, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 29.28, 263.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% -0.0406 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.092 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1244, 7.8369, 20.5352)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16537D #7D4016

analogous

#167D74 #16537D #16207D

triadic

#16537D #7D1653 #537D16

tetradic

#16537D #74167D #7D4016 #207D16

square

#16537D #74167D #7D4016 #207D16

split-complementary

#16537D #7D1620 #7D7416

monochromatic

#05111A #0D3049 #16537D #1F76B1 #3296DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#16537D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#16537D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16537D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16537D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16537D	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F547F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16537d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.092 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6583a3',
    500: '#16537d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16537d;
$custom-light: #6583a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16537d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.466,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42595,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16537D

secondary

#B26D3D

accent

#833BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF3

border

#C6C9CD

text

#060A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16537D

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

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