#16557E#16557E

#16557E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.092 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16557E
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 126)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(204, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, -4.03, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 28.90, 261.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% -0.0422 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.092 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3438, 8.1730, 20.9251)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16557E #7E3F16

analogous

#167E73 #16557E #16217E

triadic

#16557E #7E1655 #557E16

tetradic

#16557E #73167E #7E3F16 #217E16

square

#16557E #73167E #7E3F16 #217E16

split-complementary

#16557E #7E1621 #7E7316

monochromatic

#05121A #0D324A #16557E #1F78B2 #3399DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#16557E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#16557E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16557E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16557E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16557E	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#334C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16557e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.092 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6584a3',
    500: '#16557e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16557e;
$custom-light: #6584a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16557e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.654,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43166,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16557E

secondary

#B36B3D

accent

#813BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16557E

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

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