#16599F#16599F

#16599F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.130 H 253.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16599F
RGB	rgb(22, 89, 159)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(211, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 44%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 6.63, -43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 44.13, 278.64°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% -0.0368 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.13 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1589, 9.8172, 34.1537)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16599F #9F5C16

analogous

#169D9F #16599F #17169F

triadic

#16599F #9F1659 #599F16

tetradic

#16599F #9F169D #9F5C16 #169F17

square

#16599F #9F169D #9F5C16 #169F17

split-complementary

#16599F #9F1716 #9D9F16

monochromatic

#071D33 #0F3B69 #16599F #1D77D5 #4A96E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#16599F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#16599F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16599F

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16599F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16599F	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19539E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16599f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 89, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.130 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d87bc',
    500: '#16599f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16599f;
$custom-light: #6d87bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16599f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.657,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46278,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16599F

secondary

#C78A4A

accent

#9636F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16599F

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

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