#16537E#16537E

#16537E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.093 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16537E
RGBrgb(22, 83, 126)
HSLhsl(205, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(205, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(33.70, -2.75, -29.64)
CIE-LCHlch(33.70, 29.77, 264.69°)
OKLaboklab(42.66% -0.0403 -0.0842)
OKLCHoklch(42.66% 0.093 244.4)
XYZxyz(7.1886, 7.8626, 20.8734)
Luminance0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16537E #7E4116
analogous
#167E75 #16537E #161F7E
triadic
#16537E #7E1653 #537E16
tetradic
#16537E #75167E #7E4116 #1F7E16
square
#16537E #75167E #7E4116 #1F7E16
split-complementary
#16537E #7E161F #7E7516
monochromatic
#05111A #0D314A #16537E #1F75B2 #3396DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16
#16537E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57
#16537E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16537E
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16537E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16537E1.008.162.578.16
#FFFFFF8.161.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.161.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3F5480
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#304B7D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005D62
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16537e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.093 244.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6583a3',
    500: '#16537e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16537e;
$custom-light: #6583a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16537e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.808,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42656,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16537E
secondary
#B36E3D
accent
#843BED
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEEF4
border
#C6C9CE
text
#070A0F
muted
#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

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