#16556A#16556A

#16556A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.070 H 224.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16556A
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 106)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, -11.73, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 21.24, 236.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% -0.0497 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.07 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1798, 7.7074, 14.7949)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16556A #6A2B16

analogous

#166A55 #16556A #162B6A

triadic

#16556A #6A1655 #556A16

tetradic

#16556A #55166A #6A2B16 #2B6A16

square

#16556A #55166A #6A2B16 #2B6A16

split-complementary

#16556A #6A162B #6A5516

monochromatic

#051419 #0B2C37 #16556A #217E9D #2BA6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#16556A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#16556A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16556A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16556A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16556A	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49536B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16556a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.070 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628594',
    500: '#16556a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16556a;
$custom-light: #628594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16556a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42069,
    "c": 0.07026,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16556A

secondary

#A0553B

accent

#6A3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16556A

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

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