#16546A#16546A

#16546A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.071 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16546A
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 106)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, -11.13, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 21.36, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% -0.0486 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.071 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1017, 7.5511, 14.7688)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16546A #6A2C16

analogous

#166A56 #16546A #162A6A

triadic

#16546A #6A1654 #546A16

tetradic

#16546A #56166A #6A2C16 #2A6A16

square

#16546A #56166A #6A2C16 #2A6A16

split-complementary

#16546A #6A162A #6A5616

monochromatic

#051419 #0B2C37 #16546A #217C9D #2BA4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#16546A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#16546A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16546A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16546A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16546A	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48526B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16546a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.071 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618494',
    500: '#16546a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16546a;
$custom-light: #618494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16546a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.418,
    "c": 0.07056,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16546A

secondary

#A0563B

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16546A

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

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