#16558D#16558D

#16558D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.111 H 250.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16558D
RGB	rgb(22, 85, 141)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(208, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 39.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, 1.97, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 36.54, 273.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% -0.0377 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.111 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3853, 8.5896, 26.4102)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16558D #8D4E16

analogous

#168D8A #16558D #161A8D

triadic

#16558D #8D1655 #558D16

tetradic

#16558D #8A168D #8D4E16 #1A8D16

square

#16558D #8A168D #8D4E16 #1A8D16

split-complementary

#16558D #8D161A #8D8A16

monochromatic

#051523 #0E3558 #16558D #1E75C2 #3D94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#16558D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#16558D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16558D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16558D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16558D	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A598F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16558d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 85, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.111 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6984af',
    500: '#16558d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16558d;
$custom-light: #6984af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16558d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44103,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16558D

secondary

#C17C3E

accent

#8E38F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16558D

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

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