#16598E#16598E

#16598E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.108 H 247.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16598E
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 142)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(207, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 37.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.49, -0.21, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.49, 35.01, 269.66°)
OKLab	oklab(45.15% -0.0411 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(45.15% 0.108 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7839, 9.2672, 26.9117)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16598E #8E4B16

analogous

#168E87 #16598E #161D8E

triadic

#16598E #8E1659 #598E16

tetradic

#16598E #87168E #8E4B16 #1D8E16

square

#16598E #87168E #8E4B16 #1D8E16

split-complementary

#16598E #8E161D #8E8716

monochromatic

#061724 #0E3859 #16598E #1E7AC3 #3D99E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#16598E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#16598E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16598E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16598E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16598E	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#405C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E518D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16598e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.108 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6987af',
    500: '#16598e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16598e;
$custom-light: #6987af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16598e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45151,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16598E

secondary

#C1783F

accent

#8938F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16598E

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

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