#16597A#16597A

#16597A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.084 H 235.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16597A
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 122)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(200, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 27%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, -8.08, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 25.73, 251.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0476 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.084 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4147, 8.7196, 19.7008)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16597A #7A3716

analogous

#167A69 #16597A #16277A

triadic

#16597A #7A1659 #597A16

tetradic

#16597A #69167A #7A3716 #277A16

square

#16597A #69167A #7A3716 #277A16

split-complementary

#16597A #7A1627 #7A6916

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3346 #16597A #1F7FAE #31A2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#16597A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#16597A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16597A

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16597A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16597A	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49597C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16597a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.084 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6587a0',
    500: '#16597a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16597a;
$custom-light: #6587a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16597a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43971,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16597A

secondary

#AF623D

accent

#763CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16597A

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

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