#16566D#16566D

#16566D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.072 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16566D
RGB	rgb(22, 86, 109)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, -11.20, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 21.94, 239.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0496 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.073 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4178, 7.9295, 15.6573)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16566D #6D2D16

analogous

#166D58 #16566D #162A6D

triadic

#16566D #6D1656 #566D16

tetradic

#16566D #58166D #6D2D16 #2A6D16

square

#16566D #58166D #6D2D16 #2A6D16

split-complementary

#16566D #6D162A #6D5816

monochromatic

#051419 #0C2E3A #16566D #207EA0 #2BA6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#16566D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#16566D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16566D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16566D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16566D	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A546E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16566d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 86, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.072 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628597',
    500: '#16566d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16566d;
$custom-light: #628597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16566d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.862,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4249,
    "c": 0.0725,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16566D

secondary

#A3573C

accent

#6C3EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16566D

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

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