#16537F#16537F

#16537F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.095 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16537F
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 127)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, -2.36, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 30.26, 265.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0399 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.095 245)
XYZ	xyz(7.2534, 7.8885, 21.2149)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16537F #7F4216

analogous

#167F77 #16537F #161E7F

triadic

#16537F #7F1653 #537F16

tetradic

#16537F #77167F #7F4216 #1E7F16

square

#16537F #77167F #7F4216 #1E7F16

split-complementary

#16537F #7F161E #7F7716

monochromatic

#05111A #0D314B #16537F #1F75B3 #3495DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#16537F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#16537F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16537F

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16537F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16537F	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16537f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.095 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6683a4',
    500: '#16537f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16537f;
$custom-light: #6683a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16537f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42717,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.07889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16537F

secondary

#B46F3D

accent

#853BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16537F

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

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