#16596E#16596E

#16596E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.072 H 223.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16596E
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.88, -12.61, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.88, 21.86, 234.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% -0.0524 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.072 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7166, 8.4403, 16.0240)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16596E #6E2B16

analogous

#166E57 #16596E #162D6E

triadic

#16596E #6E1659 #596E16

tetradic

#16596E #57166E #6E2B16 #2D6E16

square

#16596E #57166E #6E2B16 #2D6E16

split-complementary

#16596E #6E162D #6E5716

monochromatic

#05151A #0C303B #16596E #2082A1 #2AACD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#16596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#16596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16596E

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16596E	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D576F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.072 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638897',
    500: '#16596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16596e;
$custom-light: #638897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43344,
    "c": 0.07244,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16596E

secondary

#A4553C

accent

#673EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16596E

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

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