#16558B#16558B

#16558B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.108 H 249.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16558B
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 139)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(208, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 38.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 1.17, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 35.47, 271.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0383 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.108 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2378, 8.5306, 25.6335)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16558B #8B4C16

analogous

#168B87 #16558B #161B8B

triadic

#16558B #8B1655 #558B16

tetradic

#16558B #87168B #8B4C16 #1B8B16

square

#16558B #87168B #8B4C16 #1B8B16

split-complementary

#16558B #8B161B #8B8716

monochromatic

#051421 #0E3556 #16558B #1E75C0 #3B94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#16558B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#16558B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16558B

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16558B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16558B	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B588D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16558b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.108 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6884ad',
    500: '#16558b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16558b;
$custom-light: #6884ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16558b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43973,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16558B

secondary

#BF793E

accent

#8D38EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16558B

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

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