#16579F#16579F

#16579F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.133 H 254.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16579F
RGB	rgb(22, 87, 159)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(212, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 45.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.91, 7.94, -44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.91, 45.30, 280.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% -0.0352 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.133 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9947, 9.4889, 34.0989)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16579F #9F5E16

analogous

#169B9F #16579F #19169F

triadic

#16579F #9F1657 #579F16

tetradic

#16579F #9F169B #9F5E16 #169F19

square

#16579F #9F169B #9F5E16 #169F19

split-complementary

#16579F #9F1916 #9B9F16

monochromatic

#071C33 #0F3A69 #16579F #1D74D5 #4A94E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#16579F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#16579F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16579F

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16579F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16579F	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12519E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16579f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 87, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.133 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d85bc',
    500: '#16579f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16579f;
$custom-light: #6d85bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16579f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.533,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45809,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16579F

secondary

#C78C4A

accent

#9936F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16579F

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

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