#16596A#16596A

#16596A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.070 H 218.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16596A
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, -14.08, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 21.04, 228.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% -0.0541 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.07 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5037, 8.3552, 14.9028)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16596A #6A2716

analogous

#166A51 #16596A #162F6A

triadic

#16596A #6A1659 #596A16

tetradic

#16596A #51166A #6A2716 #2F6A16

square

#16596A #51166A #6A2716 #2F6A16

split-complementary

#16596A #6A162F #6A5116

monochromatic

#051519 #0B2E37 #16596A #21849D #2BAECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#16596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#16596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16596A

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16596A	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E566B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.070 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628894',
    500: '#16596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16596a;
$custom-light: #628894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.143,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43149,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16596A

secondary

#A0503B

accent

#613FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16596A

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

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