#16546E#16546E

#16546E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.074 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16546E
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 110)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(198, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 23.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, -9.62, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 22.60, 244.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% -0.047 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.074 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3145, 7.6363, 15.8900)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16546E #6E3016

analogous

#166E5C #16546E #16286E

triadic

#16546E #6E1654 #546E16

tetradic

#16546E #5C166E #6E3016 #286E16

square

#16546E #5C166E #6E3016 #286E16

split-complementary

#16546E #6E1628 #6E5C16

monochromatic

#05131A #0C2D3B #16546E #207BA1 #2AA2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#16546E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#16546E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16546E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16546E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16546E	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47536F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16546e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.074 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628497',
    500: '#16546e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16546e;
$custom-light: #628497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16546e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42008,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16546E

secondary

#A45B3C

accent

#713EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16546E

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

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