#16597F#16597F

#16597F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.089 H 239.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16597F
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 127)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(202, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, -6.14, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 27.81, 257.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% -0.0458 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.089 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7325, 8.8467, 21.3746)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16597F #7F3C16

analogous

#167F71 #16597F #16257F

triadic

#16597F #7F1659 #597F16

tetradic

#16597F #71167F #7F3C16 #257F16

square

#16597F #71167F #7F3C16 #257F16

split-complementary

#16597F #7F1625 #7F7116

monochromatic

#05121A #0D344B #16597F #1F7EB3 #349FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#16597F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#16597F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16597F

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16597F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16597F	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39507E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16597f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.089 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6687a4',
    500: '#16597f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16597f;
$custom-light: #6687a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16597f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4425,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16597F

secondary

#B4683D

accent

#7B3BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16597F

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

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