#16568B#16568B

#16568B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.107 H 248.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16568B
RGBrgb(22, 86, 139)
HSLhsl(207, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(207, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 38.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(35.38, 0.52, -34.95)
CIE-LCHlch(35.38, 34.96, 270.85°)
OKLaboklab(44.22% -0.0392 -0.0997)
OKLCHoklch(44.22% 0.107 248.5)
XYZxyz(8.3171, 8.6892, 25.6599)
Luminance0.0869 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16568B #8B4B16
analogous
#168B86 #16568B #161C8B
triadic
#16568B #8B1656 #568B16
tetradic
#16568B #86168B #8B4B16 #1C8B16
square
#16568B #86168B #8B4B16 #1C8B16
split-complementary
#16568B #8B161C #8B8616
monochromatic
#051521 #0E3556 #16568B #1E77C0 #3B95E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67
#16568B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74
#16568B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16568B
7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16568B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16568B1.007.672.747.67
#FFFFFF7.671.0021.001.00
#0000002.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D598D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2B4E8A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00636A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16568b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 86, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.107 248.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6885ad',
    500: '#16568b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16568b;
$custom-light: #6885ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16568b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.179,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44219,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16568B
secondary
#BF783E
accent
#8B38EF
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#ECEFF4
border
#C7CACE
text
#070B10
muted
#7A7C7F

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#16568B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva