#16548D#16548D

#16548D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.112 H 250.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16548D
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 141)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(209, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 40.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.87, 2.63, -36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.87, 37.08, 274.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% -0.0369 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.112 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3071, 8.4333, 26.3841)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16548D #8D4F16

analogous

#168D8A #16548D #16198D

triadic

#16548D #8D1654 #548D16

tetradic

#16548D #8A168D #8D4F16 #198D16

square

#16548D #8A168D #8D4F16 #198D16

split-complementary

#16548D #8D1619 #8D8A16

monochromatic

#051523 #0E3458 #16548D #1E74C2 #3D92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#16548D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#16548D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16548D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16548D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16548D	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38588F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16548d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.112 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6983af',
    500: '#16548d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16548d;
$custom-light: #6983af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16548d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.739,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43858,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16548D

secondary

#C17D3E

accent

#9038F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16548D

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

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