#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
RGBrgb(22, 89, 125)
HSLhsl(201, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(201, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(35.59, -6.92, -26.05)
CIE-LCHlch(35.59, 26.95, 255.13°)
OKLaboklab(44.14% -0.0465 -0.0737)
OKLCHoklch(44.14% 0.087 237.7)
XYZxyz(7.6035, 8.7951, 20.6949)
Luminance0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16597D1.007.612.767.61
#FFFFFF7.611.0021.001.00
#0000002.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.611.0021.001.00

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