#16648E#16648E

#16648E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.098 H 238.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16648E
RGB	rgb(22, 100, 142)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(201, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, -7.07, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 30.35, 256.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% -0.0513 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.098 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7686, 11.2367, 27.2400)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16648E #8E4016

analogous

#168E7C #16648E #16288E

triadic

#16648E #8E1664 #648E16

tetradic

#16648E #7C168E #8E4016 #288E16

square

#16648E #7C168E #8E4016 #288E16

split-complementary

#16648E #8E1628 #8E7C16

monochromatic

#061924 #0E3F59 #16648E #1E89C3 #3DA8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#16648E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#16648E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16648E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16648E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16648E	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#506490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40598D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16648e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 100, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.098 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a90af',
    500: '#16648e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16648e;
$custom-light: #6a90af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16648e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47904,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16648E

secondary

#C16C3F

accent

#7838F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16648E

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

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