#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
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 139)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(208, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 1.82, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 36.00, 272.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% -0.0374 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.109 250)
XYZ	xyz(8.1596, 8.3743, 25.6074)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##16548B	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #16548B

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

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