#16548B#16548B

#16548B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.109 H 250.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16548B
RGBrgb(22, 84, 139)
HSLhsl(208, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(208, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(34.75, 1.82, -35.95)
CIE-LCHlch(34.75, 36.00, 272.89°)
OKLaboklab(43.73% -0.0374 -0.1027)
OKLCHoklch(43.73% 0.109 250)
XYZxyz(8.1596, 8.3743, 25.6074)
Luminance0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16548B #8B4D16
analogous
#168B88 #16548B #161A8B
triadic
#16548B #8B1654 #548B16
tetradic
#16548B #88168B #8B4D16 #1A8B16
square
#16548B #88168B #8B4D16 #1A8B16
split-complementary
#16548B #8B161A #8B8816
monochromatic
#051421 #0E3456 #16548B #1E74C0 #3B93E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85
#16548B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68
#16548B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16548B
7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16548B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16548B1.007.852.687.85
#FFFFFF7.851.0021.001.00
#0000002.6821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3A578D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#274D8A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006168
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16548b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.109 250.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6883ad',
    500: '#16548b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16548b;
$custom-light: #6883ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16548b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.205,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43727,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.08375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16548B
secondary
#BF7B3E
accent
#8E38EF
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#ECEFF4
border
#C7CACE
text
#070A10
muted
#7A7C7F

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#16548B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva