#16596F#16596F

#16596F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.073 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16596F
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, -12.24, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 22.11, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% -0.0519 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.073 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7713, 8.4622, 16.3123)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16596F #6F2C16

analogous

#166F58 #16596F #162D6F

triadic

#16596F #6F1659 #596F16

tetradic

#16596F #58166F #6F2C16 #2D6F16

square

#16596F #58166F #6F2C16 #2D6F16

split-complementary

#16596F #6F162D #6F5816

monochromatic

#05141A #0C303C #16596F #2082A2 #2BABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#16596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#16596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16596F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16596F	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.073 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638898',
    500: '#16596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16596f;
$custom-light: #638898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.831,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43394,
    "c": 0.07324,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16596F

secondary

#A5563C

accent

#683EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16596F

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

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