#16578D#16578D

#16578D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.109 H 248.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16578D
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 141)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(207, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 38.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.81, 0.68, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.81, 35.49, 271.09°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% -0.0395 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.109 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5449, 8.9090, 26.4634)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16578D #8D4C16

analogous

#168D88 #16578D #161C8D

triadic

#16578D #8D1657 #578D16

tetradic

#16578D #88168D #8D4C16 #1C8D16

square

#16578D #88168D #8D4C16 #1C8D16

split-complementary

#16578D #8D161C #8D8816

monochromatic

#051623 #0E3658 #16578D #1E78C2 #3D96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#16578D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#16578D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16578D

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16578D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16578D	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16578d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.109 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6986ae',
    500: '#16578d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16578d;
$custom-light: #6986ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16578d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.227,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44594,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16578D

secondary

#C1793E

accent

#8B38F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16578D

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

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