#16548E#16548E

#16548E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.113 H 251.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16548E
RGB	rgb(22, 84, 142)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(209, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 3.03, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 37.62, 274.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% -0.0366 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.113 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3818, 8.4632, 26.7777)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16548E #8E5016

analogous

#168E8C #16548E #16188E

triadic

#16548E #8E1654 #548E16

tetradic

#16548E #8C168E #8E5016 #188E16

square

#16548E #8C168E #8E5016 #188E16

split-complementary

#16548E #8E1618 #8E8C16

monochromatic

#061524 #0E3559 #16548E #1E73C3 #3D92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#16548E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#16548E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16548E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16548E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16548E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16548e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 84, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.113 251.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16548e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43925,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16548E

secondary

#C17E3F

accent

#9138F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16548E

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

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