#16546F#16546F

#16546F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.075 H 231.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16546F
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 111)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(198, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, -9.24, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 22.94, 246.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% -0.0466 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.075 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3693, 7.6582, 16.1783)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16546F #6F3116

analogous

#166F5D #16546F #16276F

triadic

#16546F #6F1654 #546F16

tetradic

#16546F #5D166F #6F3116 #276F16

square

#16546F #5D166F #6F3116 #276F16

split-complementary

#16546F #6F1627 #6F5D16

monochromatic

#05131A #0C2D3C #16546F #207BA2 #2BA1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#16546F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#16546F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16546F

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16546F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16546F	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16546f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.075 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628498',
    500: '#16546f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16546f;
$custom-light: #628498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16546f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.202,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42061,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16546F

secondary

#A55C3C

accent

#723EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16546F

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

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