#16597D#16597D

#16597D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.087 H 237.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16597D
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 125)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(201, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, -6.92, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 26.95, 255.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% -0.0465 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.087 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6035, 8.7951, 20.6949)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16597D #7D3A16

analogous

#167D6E #16597D #16267D

triadic

#16597D #7D1659 #597D16

tetradic

#16597D #6E167D #7D3A16 #267D16

square

#16597D #6E167D #7D3A16 #267D16

split-complementary

#16597D #7D1626 #7D6E16

monochromatic

#05131A #0D3449 #16597D #1F7EB1 #32A0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#16597D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#16597D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16597D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16597D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16597D	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48597F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16597d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.087 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6587a3',
    500: '#16597d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16597d;
$custom-light: #6587a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16597d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.971,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44137,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16597D

secondary

#B2663D

accent

#793BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF3

border

#C6CACD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16597D

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

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