#16599E#16599E

#16599E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.129 H 253.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16599E
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 158)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(210, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 43.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 6.23, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 43.58, 278.21°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% -0.037 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.129 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0725, 9.7827, 33.6985)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16599E #9E5B16

analogous

#169D9E #16599E #17169E

triadic

#16599E #9E1659 #599E16

tetradic

#16599E #9E169D #9E5B16 #169E17

square

#16599E #9E169D #9E5B16 #169E17

split-complementary

#16599E #9E1716 #9D9E16

monochromatic

#071C33 #0F3B68 #16599E #1D77D4 #4996E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#16599E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#16599E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16599E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16599E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16599E	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B539D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16599e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.129 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d87bb',
    500: '#16599e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16599e;
$custom-light: #6d87bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16599e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46209,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16599E

secondary

#C78949

accent

#9536F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16599E

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

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