#16638D#16638D

#16638D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.098 H 238.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16638D
RGB	rgb(22, 99, 141)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(201, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, -6.85, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 30.27, 256.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% -0.0507 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.098 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5985, 11.0161, 26.8146)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16638D #8D4016

analogous

#168D7B #16638D #16288D

triadic

#16638D #8D1663 #638D16

tetradic

#16638D #7B168D #8D4016 #288D16

square

#16638D #7B168D #8D4016 #288D16

split-complementary

#16638D #8D1628 #8D7B16

monochromatic

#051923 #0E3E58 #16638D #1E88C2 #3DA7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#16638D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#16638D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16638D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16638D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16638D	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F638F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F598C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16638d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 99, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.098 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698fae',
    500: '#16638d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16638d;
$custom-light: #698fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16638d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47595,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16638D

secondary

#C16C3E

accent

#7938F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16638D

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

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