#16657E#16657E

#16657E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.082 H 224.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16657E
RGB	rgb(22, 101, 126)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.55, -13.69, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.55, 24.64, 236.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.32% -0.0583 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(47.32% 0.082 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7489, 10.9832, 21.3935)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16657E #7E2F16

analogous

#167E63 #16657E #16317E

triadic

#16657E #7E1665 #657E16

tetradic

#16657E #63167E #7E2F16 #317E16

square

#16657E #63167E #7E2F16 #317E16

split-complementary

#16657E #7E1631 #7E6316

monochromatic

#05151A #0D3B4A #16657E #1F8FB2 #33B3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#16657E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#16657E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16657E

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16657E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16657E	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57637F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49597E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16657e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 101, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.082 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6791a3',
    500: '#16657e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16657e;
$custom-light: #6791a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16657e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.423,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47319,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16657E

secondary

#B3593D

accent

#663BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16657E

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

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