#16557D#16557D

#16557D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.090 H 241.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16557D
RGBrgb(22, 85, 125)
HSLhsl(203, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(203, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 32%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(34.29, -4.42, -28.09)
CIE-LCHlch(34.29, 28.43, 261.05°)
OKLaboklab(43.11% -0.0425 -0.0796)
OKLCHoklch(43.11% 0.09 241.9)
XYZxyz(7.2796, 8.1474, 20.5870)
Luminance0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16557D #7D3E16
analogous
#167D72 #16557D #16227D
triadic
#16557D #7D1655 #557D16
tetradic
#16557D #72167D #7D3E16 #227D16
square
#16557D #72167D #7D3E16 #227D16
split-complementary
#16557D #7D1622 #7D7216
monochromatic
#05121A #0D3249 #16557D #1F78B1 #329ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99
#16557D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63
#16557D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16557D
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16557D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16557D1.007.992.637.99
#FFFFFF7.991.0021.001.00
#0000002.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#42567F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#344C7C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005F63
Achromatopsia (no color)
#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16557d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.090 241.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6584a3',
    500: '#16557d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16557d;
$custom-light: #6584a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16557d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.301,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43107,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16557D
secondary
#B26A3D
accent
#803BED
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#EBEFF3
border
#C6CACD
text
#070A0F
muted
#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16557D

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#16557D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva