#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
RGBrgb(22, 83, 125)
HSLhsl(204, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(204, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(33.64, -3.15, -29.11)
CIE-LCHlch(33.64, 29.28, 263.82°)
OKLaboklab(42.6% -0.0406 -0.0826)
OKLCHoklch(42.6% 0.092 243.8)
XYZxyz(7.1244, 7.8369, 20.5352)
Luminance0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##16537D1.008.182.578.18
#FFFFFF8.181.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.181.0021.001.00

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

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#16537D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva