#16577A#16577A

#16577A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.085 H 237.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16577A
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 122)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(201, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 28.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, -6.85, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 26.36, 254.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% -0.0456 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.085 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2505, 8.3912, 19.6461)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16577A #7A3916

analogous

#167A6B #16577A #16257A

triadic

#16577A #7A1657 #577A16

tetradic

#16577A #6B167A #7A3916 #257A16

square

#16577A #6B167A #7A3916 #257A16

split-complementary

#16577A #7A1625 #7A6B16

monochromatic

#05121A #0D3246 #16577A #1F7CAE #319FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#16577A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#16577A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16577A

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16577A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16577A	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46577C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16577a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.085 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6586a0',
    500: '#16577a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16577a;
$custom-light: #6586a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16577a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43451,
    "c": 0.08519,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16577A

secondary

#AF653D

accent

#793CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16577A

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

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