#16576E#16576E

#16576E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.073 H 226.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16576E
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 110)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 20.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, -11.43, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 22.08, 238.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% -0.0502 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.073 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5524, 8.1120, 15.9693)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16576E #6E2D16

analogous

#166E59 #16576E #162B6E

triadic

#16576E #6E1657 #576E16

tetradic

#16576E #59166E #6E2D16 #2B6E16

square

#16576E #59166E #6E2D16 #2B6E16

split-complementary

#16576E #6E162B #6E5916

monochromatic

#05141A #0C2F3B #16576E #207FA1 #2AA8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#16576E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#16576E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16576E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16576E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16576E	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B556F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16576e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.073 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628697',
    500: '#16576e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16576e;
$custom-light: #628697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16576e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42808,
    "c": 0.07304,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16576E

secondary

#A4573C

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16576E

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

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