#16596D#16596D

#16596D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.072 H 222.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16596D
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.84, -12.98, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.84, 21.63, 233.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% -0.0528 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.072 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6624, 8.4187, 15.7389)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16596D #6D2A16

analogous

#166D55 #16596D #162D6D

triadic

#16596D #6D1659 #596D16

tetradic

#16596D #55166D #6D2A16 #2D6D16

square

#16596D #55166D #6D2A16 #2D6D16

split-complementary

#16596D #6D162D #6D5516

monochromatic

#051519 #0C2F3A #16596D #2083A0 #2BACD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#16596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#16596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16596D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16596D	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D576E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.072 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628897',
    500: '#16596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16596d;
$custom-light: #628897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.793,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43295,
    "c": 0.07167,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16596D

secondary

#A3533C

accent

#663EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16596D

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

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