#16578F#16578F

#16578F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.111 H 249.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16578F
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 143)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(208, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 39.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, 1.48, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 36.55, 272.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% -0.039 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.111 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6951, 8.9690, 27.2542)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16578F #8F4E16

analogous

#168F8B #16578F #161A8F

triadic

#16578F #8F1657 #578F16

tetradic

#16578F #8B168F #8F4E16 #1A8F16

square

#16578F #8B168F #8F4E16 #1A8F16

split-complementary

#16578F #8F161A #8F8B16

monochromatic

#061625 #0E375A #16578F #1E77C4 #3E96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#16578F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#16578F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16578F

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16578F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16578F	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C5A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29508E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00646C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16578f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.111 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6986b0',
    500: '#16578f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16578f;
$custom-light: #6986b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16578f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.769,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44723,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16578F

secondary

#C17C3F

accent

#8D38F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF5

border

#C7CACF

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16578F

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

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