#16556E#16556E

#16556E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.074 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16556E
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(197, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 22.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, -10.23, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 22.40, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% -0.0481 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.074 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3927, 7.7926, 15.9160)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16556E #6E2F16

analogous

#166E5B #16556E #16296E

triadic

#16556E #6E1655 #556E16

tetradic

#16556E #5B166E #6E2F16 #296E16

square

#16556E #5B166E #6E2F16 #296E16

split-complementary

#16556E #6E1629 #6E5B16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C2E3B #16556E #207CA1 #2AA4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#16556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#16556E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16556E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16556E	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48546F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.074 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628497',
    500: '#16556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16556e;
$custom-light: #628497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.045,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42274,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16556E

secondary

#A4593C

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16556E

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

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