#16598F#16598F

#16598F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.109 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16598F
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 143)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(207, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 37.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.55, 0.19, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.55, 35.52, 270.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% -0.0408 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.109 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8593, 9.2974, 27.3089)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16598F #8F4C16

analogous

#168F89 #16598F #161D8F

triadic

#16598F #8F1659 #598F16

tetradic

#16598F #89168F #8F4C16 #1D8F16

square

#16598F #89168F #8F4C16 #1D8F16

split-complementary

#16598F #8F161D #8F8916

monochromatic

#061725 #0E385A #16598F #1E7AC4 #3E98E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#16598F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#16598F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16598F

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16598F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16598F	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F5C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D518E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16598f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.109 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6987b0',
    500: '#16598f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16598f;
$custom-light: #6987b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16598f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.777,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45214,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16598F

secondary

#C1793F

accent

#8A38F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF5

border

#C7CACF

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16598F

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

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