#16589E#16589E

#16589E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.130 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16589E
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 158)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(211, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 44.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 6.88, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 44.15, 278.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% -0.0362 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.13 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9898, 9.6174, 33.6709)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16589E #9E5C16

analogous

#169C9E #16589E #18169E

triadic

#16589E #9E1658 #589E16

tetradic

#16589E #9E169C #9E5C16 #169E18

square

#16589E #9E169C #9E5C16 #169E18

split-complementary

#16589E #9E1816 #9C9E16

monochromatic

#071C33 #0F3A68 #16589E #1D76D4 #4995E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#16589E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#16589E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16589E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16589E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16589E	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18529D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16589e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.130 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d86bb',
    500: '#16589e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16589e;
$custom-light: #6d86bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16589e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45973,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16589E

secondary

#C78A49

accent

#9736F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16589E

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

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