#16538E#16538E

#16538E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.114 H 251.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16538E
RGBrgb(22, 83, 142)
HSLhsl(210, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(210, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 41.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.62, 3.69, -37.99)
CIE-LCHlch(34.62, 38.17, 275.55°)
OKLaboklab(43.68% -0.0357 -0.1087)
OKLCHoklch(43.68% 0.114 251.8)
XYZxyz(8.3048, 8.3090, 26.7520)
Luminance0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16538E #8E5116
analogous
#168E8D #16538E #16178E
triadic
#16538E #8E1653 #538E16
tetradic
#16538E #8D168E #8E5116 #178E16
square
#16538E #8D168E #8E5116 #178E16
split-complementary
#16538E #8E1617 #8E8D16
monochromatic
#061524 #0E3459 #16538E #1E72C3 #3D91E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89
#16538E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66
#16538E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16538E
7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16538E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16538E1.007.892.667.89
#FFFFFF7.891.0021.001.00
#0000002.6621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#365790
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#224D8D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006169
Achromatopsia (no color)
#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.114 251.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6982af',
    500: '#16538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16538e;
$custom-light: #6982af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43682,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16538E
secondary
#C17F3F
accent
#9238F0
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEEF4
border
#C7C9CE
text
#070A10
muted
#7A7C7F

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#16538E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva