#16597C#16597C

#16597C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.086 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16597C
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 124)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(201, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.54, -7.30, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.54, 26.54, 254.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% -0.0469 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.086 237)
XYZ	xyz(7.5399, 8.7696, 20.3602)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16597C #7C3916

analogous

#167C6C #16597C #16267C

triadic

#16597C #7C1659 #597C16

tetradic

#16597C #6C167C #7C3916 #267C16

square

#16597C #6C167C #7C3916 #267C16

split-complementary

#16597C #7C1626 #7C6C16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3448 #16597C #1F7EB0 #32A1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#16597C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#16597C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16597C

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16597C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16597C	1.00	7.62	2.75	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48597E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16597c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.086 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6587a2',
    500: '#16597c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16597c;
$custom-light: #6587a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16597c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.588,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44081,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.08771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16597C

secondary

#B1653D

accent

#783BED

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16597C

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

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