#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
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 123)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(200, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, -7.69, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 26.13, 252.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% -0.0472 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.085 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4770, 8.7445, 20.0288)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##16597B	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16597B

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

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