#16556D#16556D

#16556D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.073 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16556D
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(197, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 22%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, -10.60, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 22.09, 241.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% -0.0485 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.073 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3386, 7.7709, 15.6309)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16556D #6D2E16

analogous

#166D59 #16556D #16296D

triadic

#16556D #6D1655 #556D16

tetradic

#16556D #59166D #6D2E16 #296D16

square

#16556D #59166D #6D2E16 #296D16

split-complementary

#16556D #6D1629 #6D5916

monochromatic

#051419 #0C2D3A #16556D #207DA0 #2BA4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#16556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#16556D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16556D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16556D	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48536E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.073 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628597',
    500: '#16556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16556d;
$custom-light: #628597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42222,
    "c": 0.07288,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16556D

secondary

#A3583C

accent

#6E3EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16556D

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

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