#16566E#16566E

#16566E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.073 H 228.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16566E
RGB	rgb(22, 86, 110)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 21.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, -10.83, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 22.23, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% -0.0491 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.073 228)
XYZ	xyz(6.4720, 7.9512, 15.9425)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16566E #6E2E16

analogous

#166E5A #16566E #162A6E

triadic

#16566E #6E1656 #566E16

tetradic

#16566E #5A166E #6E2E16 #2A6E16

square

#16566E #5A166E #6E2E16 #2A6E16

split-complementary

#16566E #6E162A #6E5A16

monochromatic

#05141A #0C2E3B #16566E #207EA1 #2AA6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#16566E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#16566E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16566E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16566E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16566E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49546F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16566e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 86, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.073 228.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16566e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42541,
    "c": 0.0734,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.07952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16566E

secondary

#A4583C

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16566E

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

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