#16638F#16638F

#16638F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.100 H 240.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16638F
RGB	rgb(22, 99, 143)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(202, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, -6.07, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 31.13, 258.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% -0.05 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.1 240)
XYZ	xyz(9.7487, 11.0762, 27.6054)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16638F #8F4216

analogous

#168F7E #16638F #16278F

triadic

#16638F #8F1663 #638F16

tetradic

#16638F #7E168F #8F4216 #278F16

square

#16638F #7E168F #8F4216 #278F16

split-complementary

#16638F #8F1627 #8F7E16

monochromatic

#061A25 #0E3E5A #16638F #1E88C4 #3EA6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#16638F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#16638F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16638F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16638F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16638F	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E6491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E598E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16638f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 99, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.100 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8fb0',
    500: '#16638f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16638f;
$custom-light: #6a8fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16638f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47708,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.11077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16638F

secondary

#C16F3F

accent

#7B38F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16638F

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

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