#16588E#16588E

#16588E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.109 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16588E
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 142)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(207, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 38%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.18, 0.43, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.18, 35.51, 270.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% -0.0402 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.109 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7012, 9.1019, 26.8842)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16588E #8E4C16

analogous

#168E88 #16588E #161C8E

triadic

#16588E #8E1658 #588E16

tetradic

#16588E #88168E #8E4C16 #1C8E16

square

#16588E #88168E #8E4C16 #1C8E16

split-complementary

#16588E #8E161C #8E8816

monochromatic

#061624 #0E3759 #16588E #1E79C3 #3D97E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#16588E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#16588E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16588E

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16588E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16588E	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C508D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16588e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.109 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6986af',
    500: '#16588e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16588e;
$custom-light: #6986af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16588e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44904,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16588E

secondary

#C1793F

accent

#8B38F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16588E

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

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