#16596B#16596B

#16596B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.070 H 220.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16596B
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, -13.71, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 21.22, 229.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% -0.0536 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.07 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5560, 8.3761, 15.1783)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16596B #6B2816

analogous

#166B52 #16596B #162E6B

triadic

#16596B #6B1659 #596B16

tetradic

#16596B #52166B #6B2816 #2E6B16

square

#16596B #52166B #6B2816 #2E6B16

split-complementary

#16596B #6B162E #6B5216

monochromatic

#051519 #0C2F38 #16596B #20839E #2BADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#16596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#16596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16596B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16596B	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E566C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.070 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628895',
    500: '#16596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16596b;
$custom-light: #628895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.706,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43197,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16596B

secondary

#A1513B

accent

#633FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16596B

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

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