#16546C#16546C

#16546C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.072 H 228.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16546C
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 108)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(197, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, -10.38, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 21.95, 241.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% -0.0478 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.072 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2069, 7.5932, 15.3230)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16546C #6C2E16

analogous

#166C59 #16546C #16296C

triadic

#16546C #6C1654 #546C16

tetradic

#16546C #59166C #6C2E16 #296C16

square

#16546C #59166C #6C2E16 #296C16

split-complementary

#16546C #6C1629 #6C5916

monochromatic

#051419 #0C2C39 #16546C #207C9F #2BA3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#16546C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#16546C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16546C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16546C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16546C	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47536D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16546c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.072 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628496',
    500: '#16546c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16546c;
$custom-light: #628496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16546c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41903,
    "c": 0.07237,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16546C

secondary

#A2583C

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16546C

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

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