#16589F#16589F

#16589F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.132 H 254.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16589F
RGB	rgb(22, 88, 159)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(211, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 44.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 7.29, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 44.71, 279.38°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% -0.036 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.132 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0763, 9.6519, 34.1261)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16589F #9F5D16

analogous

#169C9F #16589F #18169F

triadic

#16589F #9F1658 #589F16

tetradic

#16589F #9F169C #9F5D16 #169F18

square

#16589F #9F169C #9F5D16 #169F18

split-complementary

#16589F #9F1816 #9C9F16

monochromatic

#071C33 #0F3A69 #16589F #1D76D5 #4A95E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#16589F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#16589F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16589F

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16589F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16589F	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16529E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16589f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 88, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.132 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d86bc',
    500: '#16589f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16589f;
$custom-light: #6d86bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16589f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.095,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46043,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16589F

secondary

#C78B4A

accent

#9736F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16589F

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

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