#16596C#16596C

#16596C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.071 H 221.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16596C
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, -13.35, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 21.42, 231.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% -0.0532 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.071 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6089, 8.3972, 15.4570)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16596C #6C2916

analogous

#166C54 #16596C #162E6C

triadic

#16596C #6C1659 #596C16

tetradic

#16596C #54166C #6C2916 #2E6C16

square

#16596C #54166C #6C2916 #2E6C16

split-complementary

#16596C #6C162E #6C5416

monochromatic

#051519 #0C2F39 #16596C #20839F #2BADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#16596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#16596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16596C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16596C	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.071 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628896',
    500: '#16596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16596c;
$custom-light: #628896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.256,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43246,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16596C

secondary

#A2523C

accent

#643FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16596C

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

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