#16539F#16539F

#16539F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.138 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16539F
RGB	rgb(22, 83, 159)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(213, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 47.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.71, 10.60, -46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.71, 47.71, 282.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% -0.0321 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.138 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6798, 8.8591, 33.9940)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16539F #9F6216

analogous

#16979F #16539F #1E169F

triadic

#16539F #9F1653 #539F16

tetradic

#16539F #9F1697 #9F6216 #169F1E

square

#16539F #9F1697 #9F6216 #169F1E

split-complementary

#16539F #9F1E16 #979F16

monochromatic

#071B33 #0F3769 #16539F #1D6FD5 #4A8FE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#16539F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#16539F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16539F

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16539F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16539F	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16539f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 83, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.138 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d82bc',
    500: '#16539f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16539f;
$custom-light: #6d82bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16539f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.285,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44883,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16539F

secondary

#C78F4A

accent

#9E36F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16539F

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

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