#16597B#16597B

#16597B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.085 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16597B
RGBrgb(22, 89, 123)
HSLhsl(200, 70%, 28%)
HSVhsv(200, 82%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(82.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(35.49, -7.69, -24.97)
CIE-LCHlch(35.49, 26.13, 252.88°)
OKLaboklab(44.03% -0.0472 -0.0705)
OKLCHoklch(44.03% 0.085 236.2)
XYZxyz(7.4770, 8.7445, 20.0288)
Luminance0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16597B #7B3816
analogous
#167B6A #16597B #16267B
triadic
#16597B #7B1659 #597B16
tetradic
#16597B #6A167B #7B3816 #267B16
square
#16597B #6A167B #7B3816 #267B16
split-complementary
#16597B #7B1626 #7B6A16
monochromatic
#05131A #0D3347 #16597B #1F7FAF #31A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64
#16597B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75
#16597B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16597B
7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16597B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16597B1.007.642.757.64
#FFFFFF7.641.0021.001.00
#0000002.7521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.641.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#49597D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3B4F7A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006265
Achromatopsia (no color)
#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16597b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.085 236.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6587a1',
    500: '#16597b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16597b;
$custom-light: #6587a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16597b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44026,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16597B
secondary
#B0643D
accent
#773BEC
background
#F6F8F9
surface
#EBEFF2
border
#C6CACC
text
#060B0F
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

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#16597B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva