#116C8E#116C8E

#116C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.094 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#116C8E
RGB	rgb(17, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(88%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, -12.24, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 28.42, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% -0.0606 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.094 230)
XYZ	xyz(10.4742, 12.7959, 27.5038)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#116C8E #8E3311

analogous

#118E71 #116C8E #112D8E

triadic

#116C8E #8E116C #6C8E11

tetradic

#116C8E #71118E #8E3311 #2D8E11

square

#116C8E #71118E #8E3311 #2D8E11

split-complementary

#116C8E #8E112D #8E7111

monochromatic

#041921 #0A4257 #116C8E #1896C5 #33B6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#116C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#116C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #116C8E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##116C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##116C8E	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #116c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(17, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.094 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996af',
    500: '#116c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #116c8e;
$custom-light: #6996af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#116c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 17,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49855,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.12797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#116C8E

secondary

#C25E38

accent

#6833F5

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #116C8E

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

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