#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
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 126)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, -2.75, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 29.77, 264.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% -0.0403 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.093 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1886, 7.8626, 20.8734)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##16537E	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16537E

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

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