#16579E#16579E

#16579E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.131 H 254.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16579E
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 158)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(211, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 44.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 7.54, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 44.74, 279.70°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% -0.0354 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.131 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9083, 9.4543, 33.6438)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16579E #9E5D16

analogous

#169B9E #16579E #19169E

triadic

#16579E #9E1657 #579E16

tetradic

#16579E #9E169B #9E5D16 #169E19

square

#16579E #9E169B #9E5D16 #169E19

split-complementary

#16579E #9E1916 #9B9E16

monochromatic

#071C33 #0F3968 #16579E #1D75D4 #4994E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#16579E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#16579E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16579E

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16579E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16579E	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14519D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16579e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.131 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d85bb',
    500: '#16579e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16579e;
$custom-light: #6d85bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16579e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45739,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16579E

secondary

#C78B49

accent

#9836F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16579E

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

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