#16557F#16557F

#16557F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.093 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16557F
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 127)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(204, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 33.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, -3.63, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 29.38, 262.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% -0.0419 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.093 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4086, 8.1990, 21.2666)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16557F #7F4016

analogous

#167F75 #16557F #16217F

triadic

#16557F #7F1655 #557F16

tetradic

#16557F #75167F #7F4016 #217F16

square

#16557F #75167F #7F4016 #217F16

split-complementary

#16557F #7F1621 #7F7516

monochromatic

#05111A #0D324B #16557F #1F78B3 #3499DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#16557F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#16557F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16557F

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16557F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16557F	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#415681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#334D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16557f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.093 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6684a4',
    500: '#16557f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16557f;
$custom-light: #6684a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16557f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43226,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16557F

secondary

#B46D3D

accent

#823BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16557F

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

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